tesadüf

See also: təsadüf

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تصادف (tesâdüf), from Arabic تَصَادُف (taṣāduf), verbal noun of تَصَادَفَ (taṣādafa, “to meet by chance”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te.saːˈdyf/
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Noun

tesadüf (definite accusative tesadüfü, plural tesadüfler)

  1. coincidence, chance, accident
    Synonyms: rastlantı, rast

Declension

Declension of tesadüf
singular plural
nominative tesadüf tesadüfler
definite accusative tesadüfü tesadüfleri
dative tesadüfe tesadüflere
locative tesadüfte tesadüflerde
ablative tesadüften tesadüflerden
genitive tesadüfün tesadüflerin

Derived terms

  • müsadif

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tesadüf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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