zafer

Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

zafer

1. victory, triumph

   Synonym: ğalibiyet

• “zafer”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

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.

zafer

1. thing
2. affair, business

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

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/.

zafer

1. thing
2. affair, business

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

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

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

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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)

Inflection
Nominative	zafer
Definite accusative	zaferi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zafer	zaferler
Definite accusative	zaferi	zaferleri
Dative	zafere	zaferlere
Locative	zaferde	zaferlerde
Ablative	zaferden	zaferlerden
Genitive	zaferin	zaferlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular zaferim zaferlerim 2nd singular zaferin zaferlerin 3rd singular zaferi zaferleri 1st plural zaferimiz zaferlerimiz 2nd plural zaferiniz zaferleriniz 3rd plural zaferleri zaferleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular zaferimi zaferlerimi 2nd singular zaferini zaferlerini 3rd singular zaferini zaferlerini 1st plural zaferimizi zaferlerimizi 2nd plural zaferinizi zaferlerinizi 3rd plural zaferlerini zaferlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular zaferime zaferlerime 2nd singular zaferine zaferlerine 3rd singular zaferine zaferlerine 1st plural zaferimize zaferlerimize 2nd plural zaferinize zaferlerinize 3rd plural zaferlerine zaferlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular zaferimde zaferlerimde 2nd singular zaferinde zaferlerinde 3rd singular zaferinde zaferlerinde 1st plural zaferimizde zaferlerimizde 2nd plural zaferinizde zaferlerinizde 3rd plural zaferlerinde zaferlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular zaferimden zaferlerimden 2nd singular zaferinden zaferlerinden 3rd singular zaferinden zaferlerinden 1st plural zaferimizden zaferlerimizden 2nd plural zaferinizden zaferlerinizden 3rd plural zaferlerinden zaferlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular zaferimin zaferlerimin 2nd singular zaferinin zaferlerinin 3rd singular zaferinin zaferlerinin 1st plural zaferimizin zaferlerimizin 2nd plural zaferinizin zaferlerinizin 3rd plural zaferlerinin zaferlerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular zaferim zaferlerim 2nd singular zafersin zaferlersin 3rd singular zafer zaferdir zaferler zaferlerdir 1st plural zaferiz zaferleriz 2nd plural zafersiniz zaferlersiniz 3rd plural zaferler zaferlerdir

• muzaffer

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ظفر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1271