zaruret

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ضرورت (żaruret, “need, want, necessity, a requirement, poverty, indigence”), from Arabic ضَرُورَة (ḍarūra, “necessity, compulsion, want, exigency”), verbal noun of ضَرَّ (ḍarra, “to harm, to damage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.ɾuːˈɾet/
• Hyphenation: za‧ru‧ret

Noun

zaruret (definite accusative zarureti, plural zaruretler)

1. A compulsion, obligation, requirement.

   Synonyms: zorunluluk, mecburiyet

2. A necessity, need.

   Synonyms: gereklilik, lüzum

3. The state of poverty, hardship, deprivation.

   Synonyms: yoksulluk, fakirlik

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	zaruret
Definite accusative	zarureti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zaruret	zaruretler
Definite accusative	zarureti	zaruretleri
Dative	zarurete	zaruretlere
Locative	zarurette	zaruretlerde
Ablative	zaruretten	zaruretlerden
Genitive	zaruretin	zaruretlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular zaruretim zaruretlerim 2nd singular zaruretin zaruretlerin 3rd singular zarureti zaruretleri 1st plural zaruretimiz zaruretlerimiz 2nd plural zaruretiniz zaruretleriniz 3rd plural zaruretleri zaruretleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular zaruretimi zaruretlerimi 2nd singular zaruretini zaruretlerini 3rd singular zaruretini zaruretlerini 1st plural zaruretimizi zaruretlerimizi 2nd plural zaruretinizi zaruretlerinizi 3rd plural zaruretlerini zaruretlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular zaruretime zaruretlerime 2nd singular zaruretine zaruretlerine 3rd singular zaruretine zaruretlerine 1st plural zaruretimize zaruretlerimize 2nd plural zaruretinize zaruretlerinize 3rd plural zaruretlerine zaruretlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular zaruretimde zaruretlerimde 2nd singular zaruretinde zaruretlerinde 3rd singular zaruretinde zaruretlerinde 1st plural zaruretimizde zaruretlerimizde 2nd plural zaruretinizde zaruretlerinizde 3rd plural zaruretlerinde zaruretlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular zaruretimden zaruretlerimden 2nd singular zaruretinden zaruretlerinden 3rd singular zaruretinden zaruretlerinden 1st plural zaruretimizden zaruretlerimizden 2nd plural zaruretinizden zaruretlerinizden 3rd plural zaruretlerinden zaruretlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular zaruretimin zaruretlerimin 2nd singular zaruretinin zaruretlerinin 3rd singular zaruretinin zaruretlerinin 1st plural zaruretimizin zaruretlerimizin 2nd plural zaruretinizin zaruretlerinizin 3rd plural zaruretlerinin zaruretlerinin

Derived terms

• fakruzaruret

 

Related terms

• mazarrat
• muzır
• zarar
• zaruri

 

Further reading

• “zaruret”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zaruret”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5439