gafilane

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غافلانه (ġāfilāne),[1][2] from Arabic غَافِل (ḡāfil, “unaware, inattentive”) +‎ Persian ـانه (-âne, adjectival suffix).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaːfi.laːˈne/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧fi‧la‧ne

Adverb

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gafilane

  1. unwarily, unmindfully, heedlessly
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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غافلانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غافلانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 867
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gafil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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