mahzun

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محزون‎ (maḥzun, “saddened, grieved, sorry, melancholy”)[1][2], from Arabic مَحْزُون‎ (maḥzūn), passive participle of حَزَنَ‎ (ḥazana, “to make sad, to sadden”)[3].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mahˈzun/
  • Hyphenation: mah‧zun

Adjective

mahzun

  1. sad, downcast
    Synonyms: üzgün, (poetic) melul, (archaic) meyus, (archaic) mükedder
  2. Giving sadness, saddening.
    Synonyms: üzücü, hazin, hüzünlü

Declension

Derived terms

  • mahzun etmek
  • mahzun olmak
  • melul mahzun

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “محزون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1762
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “محزون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1128
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mahzun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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