زیانسز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From زیان (ziyan, “damage, harm”) +‎ ـسز (-siz, “-less”).

Adjective

زیانسز • (ziyansız)

1. harmless, innocuous, innocent, incapable of causing harm or damage

   Synonym: ضررسز (zararsız)

2. unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, which has not been injured or damaged

Descendants

• Turkish: ziyansız

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ziyansız”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5492
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زیانسز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 652
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زیانسز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 2496
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زیانسز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1021