cehalet
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جهالت, from Arabic جَهَالَة (jahāla).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.haːˈlet/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ce‧ha‧let
Noun
cehalet (definite accusative cehaleti, plural cehaletler)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cehalet | cehaletler |
| definite accusative | cehaleti | cehaletleri |
| dative | cehalete | cehaletlere |
| locative | cehalette | cehaletlerde |
| ablative | cehaletten | cehaletlerden |
| genitive | cehaletin | cehaletlerin |
Related terms
Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ج ه ل (0 c, 5 e)
Further reading
- “cehalet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “cehalet”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cehalet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük