طبانسز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• طابانسز (tabansız)

Etymology

From طبان (taban, “sole”) +‎ ـسز (-siz, “-less”)

Adjective

طبانسز • (tabansız)

1. soleless, without a sole
2. weak, cowardly, gutless

   Synonym: یوركسز (yüreksiz)

Derived terms

• طبانسزلق (tabansızlık, “cowardice”)

Descendants

• Turkish: tabansız

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tabansız”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4518
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طبانسز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 787
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طبانسز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1231