tezlil

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تذلیل (teẕlil, “a making to be submissive and humble”), from Arabic تَذْلِيلْ (taḏlīl), verbal noun of ذَلَّلَ (ḏallala, “to degrade, to make humble, to defeat, to overpower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tezˈliːl/
• Hyphenation: tez‧lil

Noun

tezlil (definite accusative tezlili, plural tezliller)

1. (archaic) An act of humiliating, disgracing, looking down on.

   Synonyms: aşağılama, hor görme, tenzil, istihkar

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tezlil
Definite accusative	tezlili
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tezlil	tezliller
Definite accusative	tezlili	tezlilleri
Dative	tezlile	tezlillere
Locative	tezlilde	tezlillerde
Ablative	tezlilden	tezlillerden
Genitive	tezlilin	tezlillerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tezlilim tezlillerim 2nd singular tezlilin tezlillerin 3rd singular tezlili tezlilleri 1st plural tezlilimiz tezlillerimiz 2nd plural tezliliniz tezlilleriniz 3rd plural tezlilleri tezlilleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tezlilimi tezlillerimi 2nd singular tezlilini tezlillerini 3rd singular tezlilini tezlillerini 1st plural tezlilimizi tezlillerimizi 2nd plural tezlilinizi tezlillerinizi 3rd plural tezlillerini tezlillerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tezlilime tezlillerime 2nd singular tezliline tezlillerine 3rd singular tezliline tezlillerine 1st plural tezlilimize tezlillerimize 2nd plural tezlilinize tezlillerinize 3rd plural tezlillerine tezlillerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tezlilimde tezlillerimde 2nd singular tezlilinde tezlillerinde 3rd singular tezlilinde tezlillerinde 1st plural tezlilimizde tezlillerimizde 2nd plural tezlilinizde tezlillerinizde 3rd plural tezlillerinde tezlillerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tezlilimden tezlillerimden 2nd singular tezlilinden tezlillerinden 3rd singular tezlilinden tezlillerinden 1st plural tezlilimizden tezlillerimizden 2nd plural tezlilinizden tezlillerinizden 3rd plural tezlillerinden tezlillerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tezlilimin tezlillerimin 2nd singular tezlilinin tezlillerinin 3rd singular tezlilinin tezlillerinin 1st plural tezlilimizin tezlillerimizin 2nd plural tezlilinizin tezlillerinizin 3rd plural tezlillerinin tezlillerinin

Derived terms

• tezlil etmek

 

Related terms

• tezellül
• zelil
• zelil etmek
• zillet
• zül

 

Further reading

• “tezlil”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tezlil”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4796