aval aval
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of aval, of unknown origin,[1] possibly deteriorated from avanak (regional forms; avalak, avalah, avak),[2] which is from Armenian ավանակ (avanak, “donkey”), but this is not certain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (slang, generally for looking or staring) stupidly, emptily, like a stuck pig
- Synonyms: aptal aptal, bön bön
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aval”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ “avalak, avalah, avak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
Further reading
[edit]- “aval aval”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aval aval”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 357