teessüf

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish تأسف, from Arabic تَأَسُّف (taʔassuf), verbal noun of تَأَسَّفَ (taʔassafa, “to feel sorry; to regret”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /te.es.syf/, [teːsˈsyf], [te.ʔesˈsyf] === Noun === teessüf (definite accusative teessüfü, plural teessüfler) sorrow, regret Synonym: yazıklanma ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== teessüf etmek (“to regret”) === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “teessüf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تأسف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 477 Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1120 === Further reading === “teessüf”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “teessüf”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı