mazeret

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish معذرت (maʾẕeret, “a having an excuse, a valid excuse, an excuse, apology”), from Arabic مَعْذِرَة (maʕḏira, “excuse, forgiveness, pardon”), verbal noun of عَذَرَ (ʕaḏara, “to excuse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːzeˈɾet/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ze‧ret

Noun

mazeret (definite accusative mazereti, plural mazeretler)

1. A valid justification that allows a mistake to be forgiven.

   Synonym: özür

2. A made-up excuse to deflect or mitigate a fault.

   Synonym: bahane

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mazeret
Definite accusative	mazereti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mazeret	mazeretler
Definite accusative	mazereti	mazeretleri
Dative	mazerete	mazeretlere
Locative	mazerette	mazeretlerde
Ablative	mazeretten	mazeretlerden
Genitive	mazeretin	mazeretlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mazeretim mazeretlerim 2nd singular mazeretin mazeretlerin 3rd singular mazereti mazeretleri 1st plural mazeretimiz mazeretlerimiz 2nd plural mazeretiniz mazeretleriniz 3rd plural mazeretleri mazeretleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mazeretimi mazeretlerimi 2nd singular mazeretini mazeretlerini 3rd singular mazeretini mazeretlerini 1st plural mazeretimizi mazeretlerimizi 2nd plural mazeretinizi mazeretlerinizi 3rd plural mazeretlerini mazeretlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mazeretime mazeretlerime 2nd singular mazeretine mazeretlerine 3rd singular mazeretine mazeretlerine 1st plural mazeretimize mazeretlerimize 2nd plural mazeretinize mazeretlerinize 3rd plural mazeretlerine mazeretlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mazeretimde mazeretlerimde 2nd singular mazeretinde mazeretlerinde 3rd singular mazeretinde mazeretlerinde 1st plural mazeretimizde mazeretlerimizde 2nd plural mazeretinizde mazeretlerinizde 3rd plural mazeretlerinde mazeretlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mazeretimden mazeretlerimden 2nd singular mazeretinden mazeretlerinden 3rd singular mazeretinden mazeretlerinden 1st plural mazeretimizden mazeretlerimizden 2nd plural mazeretinizden mazeretlerinizden 3rd plural mazeretlerinden mazeretlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mazeretimin mazeretlerimin 2nd singular mazeretinin mazeretlerinin 3rd singular mazeretinin mazeretlerinin 1st plural mazeretimizin mazeretlerimizin 2nd plural mazeretinizin mazeretlerinizin 3rd plural mazeretlerinin mazeretlerinin

Derived terms

• mazeret bulmak
• mazeret kâğıdı

 

Related terms

• itizar
• mazur
• özür

 

Further reading

• “mazeret”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mazeret”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3091