طبانسزلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From طبانسز (tabansız, “weak, cowardly, gutless”) +‎ ـلق (-lik, luk, “-ness”).

Noun

طبانسزلق • (tabansızlık)

cowardice, lack of firmness or pluck
Synonym: یوركسزلك (yüreksizlik)

Descendants

Turkish: tabansızlık

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tabansızlık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4518
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طبانسزلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 787
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طبانسزلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1231

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