gafilane

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غافلانه (ġāfilāne),[1][2] from Arabic غَافِل (ḡāfil, “unaware, inattentive”) +‎ Persian ـانه (-âne, adjectival suffix).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːfi.laːˈne/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧fi‧la‧ne

Adverb

gafilane

  1. unwarily, unmindfully, heedlessly

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “غافلانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911), “غافلانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 867
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “gafil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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