Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish مظلوم (mazlûm), from Arabic مَظْلُوم (maẓlūm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mɑʐˈɫʊm]
  • Hyphenation: maz‧lum

Adjective

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mazlum

  1. having suffered cruelty
  2. having suffered injustice
  3. (figuratively) calm and quiet

Declension

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  • When adjectives are declined (except for the predicative forms), it becomes a noun:

Noun

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mazlum (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. The oppressed

Further reading

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  • mazlum”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu