zebun

Turkish

Alternative forms

• zabun, zabın (dialectal)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زبون (zebun), from Persian زبون (zabun).

Adjective

zebun (archaic)

1. weak; helpless

   Synonyms: aciz, gücsüz, zayıf

Related terms

• zebunî

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zebûn”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1412
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zebun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN