طبانسزلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طبانسز (tabansız, “weak, cowardly, gutless”) +‎ ـلق (-lik, luk, “-ness”).

Noun

طبانسزلق • (tabansızlık)

1. cowardice, lack of firmness or pluck

   Synonym: یوركسزلك (yüreksizlik)

Descendants

• Turkish: tabansızlık

Further reading

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