teessüf

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Turkish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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teessüf (definite accusative teessüfü, plural teessüfler)

  1. sorrow, regret

References

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  • 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