catastrophe (any large and disastrous event of great significance)
çekim: çoğul katastrofer · tamlayan katastrofs
köken: From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ), from καταστρέφω (katastréphō, “I overturn”), from κατά (katá, “down, against”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “I turn”).
köken: From Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”), from κατακλύζω (kataklúzō, “to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate”), from κατά (katá, “downwards, towards”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away, to dash over”).
sentinel event, adverse event (any unanticipated or unusual event in a medical setting which results in death or serious physical injury to the patient)
plague, pestilence, pandemic, disease (today only in some compounds, especially referring to domestic animals) · disaster, catastrophe · emergency (adjectival use)
çekim: çoğul vészek
köken: From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wäsä- (“to pass by, disappear”) (whence also Northern Sami vássit (“to pass, disappear”)).