Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوقسول, یوخسول. By surface analysis, yok + -sul.
According to Clauson, from earlier yoksuz, in which corruption of the suffix -siz (“without”) has occurred.
yoksul
- poor (not rich)
- Synonyms: fakir, geda
- Antonyms: gani, zengin, varlıklı, varsıl
