فلاكت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فلاکت (falākat). Compare Azerbaijani fəlakət.

Noun

فلاكت • (felaket)

1. adversity, misfortune
2. disaster, catastrophe

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Turkish: felâket

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فلاكت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 908
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “felaket”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فلاكت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1394