yavşak
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish یاوشاق (“nit, young louse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
yavşak
Noun[edit]
yavşak (definite accusative yavşağı, plural yavşaklar)
- (colloquial) pert
- (colloquial) a rude or inappropriate man; a jerk
- (zoology) young louse
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yavşak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5252
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاوشاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2195