isabet

Meaning

Noun

1. Hitting or reaching the target.
2. Winning in a game of chance such as the lottery.
3. Being apt, appropriate, spot on.
4. Not being wrong or mistaken.
5. A pleasant coincidence.

Intj

Used after a pleasant event; Nice!, Sweet!

Concepts

hit

felicitous

incidence

Synonyms

dakik

isabetli

kesin

muhakkak

net

somut

usturuplu

vuruş

Hyphenated as

i‧sa‧bet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/i.saːˈbet/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: اصابت

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اصابت (isābet, “a hitting the mark, striking, reaching, stumbling upon, interj. Well done! Bravo!”), from Arabic إِصَابَة (ʔiṣāba, “injury, trauma, score, a hitting shot”), verbal noun of أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba, “to hit the mark, to speak or act to the point”).