“Victory is for those who can say “Victory is mine”. Success is for those who can begin saying “I will succeed” and say “I have succeeded” in the end.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Do you know the roots of the word “victory“? The word “victory” comes from the Latin word “vincere” which means “overcome”. It is the inflected form of the word “vincere”, which has probably become “victoria” (id est, conquered, fought or defeated) later. The adjective form of the word “victory” is “victorous”. Other words such as “victoriousness” and “victoriously” are derived from the word “victory”. And the English word “fight” comes from the root Latin –weik, which means “conquer or fight”. The Turkish counterpart of the word is “utku“, “yengi“, “zafer” or “galibiyet“. The last two words are borrowed words from the Arabic language. The word “utku“, which may be likened to -weik or fight, is pure Turkish.
Here are some sentences with the word “victory” in context:
- The Turkic people all over the world celebrate this victory on the 30th of August
- The students celebrated their victory with a big cone full of ice-cream sundae.
- I think the victory is not too far, and it is almost near.
- We do not see any mathematical path to victory under these circumstances.
- Victory belongs to those who can say “Victory is mine!” (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)
- The army’s victory in the vicinity helped the leaders reconsider the present situation.
- Türkiye emerged victorious at the end of the War of Independence.
- No one in the cabinet appreciated this friendship that blossomed between the defeated country and the victorious superpower.
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