çaresizlik
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چارهسزلك, equivalent to çaresiz (“desperate, helpless”) + -lik (-ness).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaː.ɾe.sizˈlic/
Noun
çaresizlik (definite accusative çaresizliği, uncountable)
Further reading
- “çaresizlik”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “çaresizlik”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çaresizlik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 889