zavallı

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic زَوَال (zawāl).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: za‧val‧lı

Noun

zavallı

1. poor thing, poor devil

Declension

Declension of zavallı

	singular	plural
nominative	zavallı	zavallılar
genitive	zavallınıñ	zavallılarnıñ
dative	zavallığa	zavallılarğa
accusative	zavallını	zavallılarnı
locative	zavallıda	zavallılarda
ablative	zavallıdan	zavallılardan

Adjective

zavallı

1. poor, miserable
2. unfortunate

References

• “zavallı”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زواللو, زواللی (zevallı, zavallı), from Arabic زَوَال (zawāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɑ.vɑɫ.ɫɯ]
• Hyphenation: za‧val‧lı

Adjective

zavallı

1. poor, miserable, piteous
2. unfortunate
3. loser, pathetic

Descendants

• Ladino: zavalí

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زواللی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 649
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zavallı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زواللو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1018