zebun

Turkish

Alternative forms

zabun, zabın (dialectal)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زبون (zebun), from Persian (zabun).

Adjective

zebun (archaic)

weak; helpless
Synonyms: aciz, gücsüz, zayıf

Related terms

zebunî

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zebûn”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1412
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zebun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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