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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian یابان (yâbân).
Noun
یابان • (yaban)
- wilderness, uncultivated and unsettled land
- Synonym: قیر (kır)
- world of strangers, beyond one's own social circle
Derived terms
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Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yaban”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5144
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “یبان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 504a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یابان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1347
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یابان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5530
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yaban”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یابان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2178