فلاكت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Based on Arabic فَلَك‎ (falak) but possibly not an Arabic word itself. Compare Azerbaijani fəlakət.

Noun

فلاكت • (felaket)

adversity, misfortune
disaster, catastrophe

Related terms

فلك‎ (felek, “sphere of the heavens; fortune, fate”)

Descendants

Turkish: felaket, felâket

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “فلاكت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 908
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “felaket”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “فلاكت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1394

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