bahane

Turkish

Alternative forms

• mahana (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بهانه (bahāne, mahāna, māna, “a pretext, an excuse, reputed blemish, defect or fault”), from Classical Persian بهانه (bahâne, “excuse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.haːˈne/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ha‧ne

Noun

bahane (definite accusative bahaneyi, plural bahaneler)

1. An excuse, a made-up reason to hide the real one.

   Synonym: mazeret

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bahane
Definite accusative	bahaneyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bahane	bahaneler
Definite accusative	bahaneyi	bahaneleri
Dative	bahaneye	bahanelere
Locative	bahanede	bahanelerde
Ablative	bahaneden	bahanelerden
Genitive	bahanenin	bahanelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular bahanem bahanelerim 2nd singular bahanen bahanelerin 3rd singular bahanesi bahaneleri 1st plural bahanemiz bahanelerimiz 2nd plural bahaneniz bahaneleriniz 3rd plural bahaneleri bahaneleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular bahanemi bahanelerimi 2nd singular bahaneni bahanelerini 3rd singular bahanesini bahanelerini 1st plural bahanemizi bahanelerimizi 2nd plural bahanenizi bahanelerinizi 3rd plural bahanelerini bahanelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular bahaneme bahanelerime 2nd singular bahanene bahanelerine 3rd singular bahanesine bahanelerine 1st plural bahanemize bahanelerimize 2nd plural bahanenize bahanelerinize 3rd plural bahanelerine bahanelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular bahanemde bahanelerimde 2nd singular bahanende bahanelerinde 3rd singular bahanesinde bahanelerinde 1st plural bahanemizde bahanelerimizde 2nd plural bahanenizde bahanelerinizde 3rd plural bahanelerinde bahanelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular bahanemden bahanelerimden 2nd singular bahanenden bahanelerinden 3rd singular bahanesinden bahanelerinden 1st plural bahanemizden bahanelerimizden 2nd plural bahanenizden bahanelerinizden 3rd plural bahanelerinden bahanelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular bahanemin bahanelerimin 2nd singular bahanenin bahanelerinin 3rd singular bahanesinin bahanelerinin 1st plural bahanemizin bahanelerimizin 2nd plural bahanenizin bahanelerinizin 3rd plural bahanelerinin bahanelerinin

Derived terms

• bahane aramak
• bahane bulmak
• bahane etmek
• sudan bahane

 

Further reading

• “bahane”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bahane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 435