zavallı

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

Descendants

Ladino: zavalí

References

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

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