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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic زَوَال (zawāl).
Pronunciation
Noun
zavallı
- poor thing, poor devil
Declension
Adjective
zavallı
- poor, miserable
- unfortunate
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish زواللو, زواللی (zevallı, zavallı), from Arabic زَوَال (zawāl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: za‧val‧lı
Adjective
zavallı
- poor, miserable, piteous
- unfortunate
- loser, pathetic
Descendants
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