talihsizlik

Turkish

Alternative forms

• talisizlik

Etymology

Equivalent to talih +‎ -siz +‎ -lik. While Arabic ayin became silent in most Turkish borrowings, the ayin at the end of طَالِع (ṭāliʕ, “luck”) became a consonant h in some dialects.

Noun

talihsizlik (definite accusative talihsizliği, plural talihsizlikler)

1. misfortune; bad luck

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “talih”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN