Where does “hayal kırıklığı” come from?

hayal kırıklığı (Turkish) comes from Turkish hayal, from Ottoman Turkish خیال, from Arabic خَيَال — imagination; fiction; imagination.

hayal kırıklığı (Turkish): disappointment

Definitions

  1. disappointment

Ancestry of “hayal kırıklığı”, step by step

hayal kırıklığı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish hayal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhayaldream, wish
2Ottoman Turkishخیالdream
3Arabicخَيَالimagination; fiction; imagination

via Turkish kırıklık

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkırıklık—
Every word from Arabic خَيَال →Every word from Ottoman Turkish خیال →Every word from Turkish hayal →