sehven

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سهواً (sehven),[1][2] from Arabic سَهْوًا (sahwan) adverbial accusative of سَهْو (sahw), from سَهَا (sahā, “to neglect”).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseh.ven/
  • Hyphenation: seh‧ven

Adverb

sehven

  1. (archaic) mistakenly, by mistake, inadvertently
    Synonyms: yanlışlıkla, kazara, (arhaic) ezkaza, (archaic) kazaen
  • sehiv

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سهواً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1098
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سهواً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 705
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sehiv”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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