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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish زبون (zebun), from Persian زبون (zabun).
Adjective
zebun (archaic)
- weak; helpless
- Synonyms: aciz, gücsüz, zayıf
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zebûn”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (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