یوقسول

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• یوخسول (yohsul) (older form)

Etymology

A widespread word in Turkic languages by c. 1300, apparently derived from Proto-Turkic *yōk (“no; is not, there is not”).

Adjective

یوقسول • (yoksul)

1. poor, destitute

Descendants

• Turkish: yoksul

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوخسول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1361
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yoksul”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوقسول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2216