kevaşe
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Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Ottoman Turkish قواده, feminine of قواد (kevad, “leader; pander”), that from Arabic قَوَّاد (qawwād) or Persian کواشه /kuwāsha/ quality, way, manner[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ke‧va‧şe
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Noun[edit]
kevaşe (definite accusative kevaşeyi, plural kevaşeler)
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References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kevaşe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قواد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1478