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dalalet.

error; corruption; going astray

7 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. error; corruption; going astray

    dated
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish ضلالت (dalalet, “being astray or lost; error”), from Arabic ضَلَالَة (ḍalāla), verbal noun of ضَلَّ (ḍalla, “to go astray; to lose”). The initial d is unusual; more often ض (ḍ) in Arabic becomes z when borrowed into in Turkish.

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