معالاسف
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic مَعَ الْأَسَف (maʕa al-ʔasaf, literally “with regret”).
Adverb
[edit]معالاسف • (maalesef)
- unfortunately
- 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk[1], page 18:
- ازمیرك و معالاسف بونی تعقیب ایدن مغنیسا و آیدینك اشغالی ، مستقبل تهلكهیی دها علنی احساس ایتمشدر.
- İzmir'iñ ve maalesef bunı takip eden Manisa ve Aydın'ıñ işgali, müstakbel tehlikeyi daha aleni ihsas etmişdir.
- The occupation of İzmir and unfortunately, the subsequent occupation of Manisa and Aydın made the future danger more obvious.
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: maalesef