teessüf

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تأسف, from Arabic تَأَسُّف (taʔassuf), verbal noun of تَأَسَّفَ (taʔassafa, “to feel sorry; to regret”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.es.syf/, [teːsˈsyf], [te.ʔesˈsyf]

Noun

teessüf (definite accusative teessüfü, plural teessüfler)

1. sorrow, regret

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “teessüf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تأسف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 477
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1120