zafer

Etymology

Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Noun

zafer

1. victory, triumph

   Synonym: ğalibiyet

References

• “zafer”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Etymology

From French affaire. In French, the plural word affaires is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, affaires was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.

Noun

zafer

1. thing
2. affair, business

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Etymology

From French affaire. In French, the plural word affaires is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, affaires was reanalyzed in Seychellois Creole as beginning with /z/.

Noun

zafer

1. thing
2. affair, business

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ظفر (zafer), from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.fɛɾ/
• Hyphenation: za‧fer

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Noun

zafer (definite accusative zaferi, plural zaferler)

1. victory, triumph

   Synonym: yengi

   • 1937 January 31, “Bugün büyük bayram yapıyoruz [We are having a big celebration today]”, in Açık Söz, Istanbul:

     Vatanın bütün sathinda Hatay zaferi kutlulanacak, İstanbullular da Beyazıt meydanında toplanacaklardır.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ظفر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1271