Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish معذرت (maʾẕeret, “a having an excuse, a valid excuse, an excuse, apology”),[1][2] from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira, “excuse, forgiveness, pardon”), verbal noun of عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, “to excuse”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːzeˈɾet/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ze‧ret
Noun
mazeret (definite accusative mazereti, plural mazeretler)
- A valid justification that allows a mistake to be forgiven.
- Synonym: özür
- A made-up excuse to deflect or mitigate a fault.
- Synonym: bahane
Declension
Declension of mazeret
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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mazeret
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mazeretler
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| definite accusative
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mazereti
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mazeretleri
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| dative
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mazerete
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mazeretlere
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| locative
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mazerette
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mazeretlerde
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| ablative
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mazeretten
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mazeretlerden
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| genitive
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mazeretin
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mazeretlerin
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Possessive forms
| nominative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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mazeretim
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mazeretlerim
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| 2nd singular
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mazeretin
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mazeretlerin
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| 3rd singular
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mazereti
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mazeretleri
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| 1st plural
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mazeretimiz
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mazeretlerimiz
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| 2nd plural
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mazeretiniz
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mazeretleriniz
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| 3rd plural
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mazeretleri
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mazeretleri
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| definite accusative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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mazeretimi
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mazeretlerimi
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| 2nd singular
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mazeretini
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mazeretlerini
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| 3rd singular
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mazeretini
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mazeretlerini
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| 1st plural
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mazeretimizi
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mazeretlerimizi
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| 2nd plural
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mazeretinizi
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mazeretlerinizi
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| 3rd plural
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mazeretlerini
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mazeretlerini
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| dative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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mazeretime
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mazeretlerime
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| 2nd singular
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mazeretine
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mazeretlerine
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| 3rd singular
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mazeretine
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mazeretlerine
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| 1st plural
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mazeretimize
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mazeretlerimize
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| 2nd plural
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mazeretinize
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mazeretlerinize
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| 3rd plural
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mazeretlerine
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mazeretlerine
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| locative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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mazeretimde
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mazeretlerimde
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| 2nd singular
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mazeretinde
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mazeretlerinde
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| 3rd singular
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mazeretinde
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mazeretlerinde
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| 1st plural
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mazeretimizde
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mazeretlerimizde
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| 2nd plural
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mazeretinizde
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mazeretlerinizde
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| 3rd plural
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mazeretlerinde
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mazeretlerinde
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| ablative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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mazeretimden
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mazeretlerimden
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| 2nd singular
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mazeretinden
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mazeretlerinden
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| 3rd singular
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mazeretinden
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mazeretlerinden
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| 1st plural
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mazeretimizden
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mazeretlerimizden
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| 2nd plural
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mazeretinizden
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mazeretlerinizden
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| 3rd plural
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mazeretlerinden
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mazeretlerinden
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| genitive
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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mazeretimin
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mazeretlerimin
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| 2nd singular
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mazeretinin
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mazeretlerinin
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| 3rd singular
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mazeretinin
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mazeretlerinin
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| 1st plural
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mazeretimizin
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mazeretlerimizin
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| 2nd plural
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mazeretinizin
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mazeretlerinizin
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| 3rd plural
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mazeretlerinin
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mazeretlerinin
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Derived terms
- mazeret bulmak
- mazeret kâğıdı
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معذرت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1906
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معذرت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1192
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mazeret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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