helak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish هلاك (helak, death, destruction; exhaustion), from Arabic هَلَاك (halāk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /he.ˈlaːk/
  • Hyphenation: he‧lak

Noun

helak (definite accusative helaki, plural helakler)

  1. dying, killing, destroying, getting destroyed
  2. (figurative) becoming exhausted or making someone exhausted

Declension

Declension of helak
singular plural
nominative helak helakler
definite accusative helaki helakleri
dative helake helaklere
locative helakte helaklerde
ablative helakten helaklerden
genitive helakin helaklerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular helakim helaklerim
2nd singular helakin helaklerin
3rd singular helaki helakleri
1st plural helakimiz helaklerimiz
2nd plural helakiniz helakleriniz
3rd plural helakleri helakleri
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular helakimi helaklerimi
2nd singular helakini helaklerini
3rd singular helakini helaklerini
1st plural helakimizi helaklerimizi
2nd plural helakinizi helaklerinizi
3rd plural helaklerini helaklerini
dative
singular plural
1st singular helakime helaklerime
2nd singular helakine helaklerine
3rd singular helakine helaklerine
1st plural helakimize helaklerimize
2nd plural helakinize helaklerinize
3rd plural helaklerine helaklerine
locative
singular plural
1st singular helakimde helaklerimde
2nd singular helakinde helaklerinde
3rd singular helakinde helaklerinde
1st plural helakimizde helaklerimizde
2nd plural helakinizde helaklerinizde
3rd plural helaklerinde helaklerinde
ablative
singular plural
1st singular helakimden helaklerimden
2nd singular helakinden helaklerinden
3rd singular helakinden helaklerinden
1st plural helakimizden helaklerimizden
2nd plural helakinizden helaklerinizden
3rd plural helaklerinden helaklerinden
genitive
singular plural
1st singular helakimin helaklerimin
2nd singular helakinin helaklerinin
3rd singular helakinin helaklerinin
1st plural helakimizin helaklerimizin
2nd plural helakinizin helaklerinizin
3rd plural helaklerinin helaklerinin

Derived terms

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “helak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “هلاك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2166
  • Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN