See also: EBEs Azerbaijani Etymology From Arabic عَبَث (ʕabaṯ). Adjective əbəs (comparative daha əbəs, superlative ən əbəs) in vain, idle, wasted, useless Synonyms: nahaq, bihudə, faydasız əbəs çıxmaq ― to prove useless, to go to waste Further reading “əbəs” in Obastan.com.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.