یاوان

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yabgan (unpleasant); cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yavgan) and Chagatai [script needed] (yavan).

Adjective

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یاوان (yavan)

  1. made with little or no oil or butter
  2. tasteless, insipid, bland, having no flavor
    Synonyms: طاتسز (tatsız), لذتسز (lezzetsiz)
  3. (figuratively, of words) empty, meaningless, devoid of sincerity

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Gagauz: yavan
  • Turkish: yavan
  • Armenian: յավան (yavan)

Further reading

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