Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish شایان, from Persian شایان.

Adjective edit

şayan

  1. fitting, suitable, worthy

See also edit

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şayan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شایان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1113
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN