gayrimümkün
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غیر ممكن (gayr-i mümkin), from Arabic غَيْر مُمْكِن (ḡayr mumkin). By surface analysis, gayri- (“non-”) + mümkün (“possible”).
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “gayrimümkün”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1980
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