mazeret
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish معذرت (maʾẕeret, “a having an excuse, a valid excuse, an excuse, apology”),[1][2] from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira, “excuse, forgiveness, pardon”), verbal noun of عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, “to excuse”).[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mazeret (definite accusative mazereti, plural mazeretler)
- A valid justification that allows a mistake to be forgiven.
- Synonym: özür
- A made-up excuse to deflect or mitigate a fault.
- Synonym: bahane
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References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معذرت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1906
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معذرت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1192
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mazeret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “mazeret”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mazeret”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3091