musibet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مصیبت (musıbet), from Arabic مُصِيبَة (muṣība).

Noun

musibet (definite accusative musibeti, plural musibetler)

  1. calamity; evil

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “musibet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مصیبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1882
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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