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helak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish هلاك (helak, death, destruction; exhaustion), from Arabic هَلَاك (halāk).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /he.ˈlak/
  • Hyphenation: he‧lak

Noun

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helak (definite accusative helaki, plural helakler)

  1. dying, killing, destroying, getting destroyed
  2. (figurative) becoming exhausted or making someone exhausted

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “helak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هلاك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2166
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN