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

1. poor, miserable, piteous
2. unfortunate
3. loser, pathetic

Descendants

• Ladino: zavalí

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زواللی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 649
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zavallı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زواللو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1018