kazara

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • kazâra

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قضارا (kazara),[1][2] from Persian قضا را (qazâ râ), from Arabic قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ, “divine will or decree, providence, destiny”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈzaːɾa/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧za‧ra

Adverb

kazara

  1. by accident, accidentally, unintentionally
    Synonyms: kazaen, ezkaza, yanlışlıkla
  2. randomly, coincidentally, by chance
    Synonyms: tesadüfen, rastgele

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قضارا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1459
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قضارا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 963
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kazara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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