lubunya

Turkish

Etymology

From Romani lubni (“whore, prostitute”), which is ultimately a derivative of Sanskrit लुभ् (lubh, “to desire, covet”). The Romani word is borrowed into the slang of other languages: Greek λουμπινί (loumpiní, “the secret language of effeminate gay men and prostitutes”), λουμπίνα (loumpína, “a passive homosexual”), λούμπεν (loúmpen, “a passive homosexual”), Czech lubňa (“prostitute”), Spanish lumi (“slut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫuˈbun.ja/, [ɫ̪uˈbuɲ.jɑ]
• Hyphenation: lu‧bun‧ya

Noun

lubunya (definite accusative lubunyayı, plural lubunyalar)

1. (gay slang, LGBTQ) effeminate gay man, fag

   Synonym: top

   Kız şurdaki lubunyaya bak!

   Girl look at that fag over there!

Usage notes

• Unlike most other names for effeminate gay men, lubunya is generally used by the gay community in a non-pejorative manner.

Declension

Declension of lubunya

singular plural nominative lubunya lubunyalar definite accusative lubunyayı lubunyaları dative lubunyaya lubunyalara locative lubunyada lubunyalarda ablative lubunyadan lubunyalardan genitive lubunyanın lubunyaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular lubunyam lubunyalarım 2nd singular lubunyan lubunyaların 3rd singular lubunyası lubunyaları 1st plural lubunyamız lubunyalarımız 2nd plural lubunyanız lubunyalarınız 3rd plural lubunyaları lubunyaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular lubunyamı lubunyalarımı 2nd singular lubunyanı lubunyalarını 3rd singular lubunyasını lubunyalarını 1st plural lubunyamızı lubunyalarımızı 2nd plural lubunyanızı lubunyalarınızı 3rd plural lubunyalarını lubunyalarını dative singular plural 1st singular lubunyama lubunyalarıma 2nd singular lubunyana lubunyalarına 3rd singular lubunyasına lubunyalarına 1st plural lubunyamıza lubunyalarımıza 2nd plural lubunyanıza lubunyalarınıza 3rd plural lubunyalarına lubunyalarına locative singular plural 1st singular lubunyamda lubunyalarımda 2nd singular lubunyanda lubunyalarında 3rd singular lubunyasında lubunyalarında 1st plural lubunyamızda lubunyalarımızda 2nd plural lubunyanızda lubunyalarınızda 3rd plural lubunyalarında lubunyalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular lubunyamdan lubunyalarımdan 2nd singular lubunyandan lubunyalarından 3rd singular lubunyasından lubunyalarından 1st plural lubunyamızdan lubunyalarımızdan 2nd plural lubunyanızdan lubunyalarınızdan 3rd plural lubunyalarından lubunyalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular lubunyamın lubunyalarımın 2nd singular lubunyanın lubunyalarının 3rd singular lubunyasının lubunyalarının 1st plural lubunyamızın lubunyalarımızın 2nd plural lubunyanızın lubunyalarınızın 3rd plural lubunyalarının lubunyalarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular lubunyayım lubunyalarım 2nd singular lubunyasın lubunyalarsın 3rd singular lubunya lubunyadır lubunyalar lubunyalardır 1st plural lubunyayız lubunyalarız 2nd plural lubunyasınız lubunyalarsınız 3rd plural lubunyalar lubunyalardır

Derived terms

• lubun
• Lubunca

Further reading

• Aktunç, Hulki (1998), “lubunya”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 199b
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980), “lubun”, in Türk argosu: İnceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1)‎^[2] (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 114b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “lubunya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, retrieved 5/30/2024, erroneously derives from Russian люби́мая (ljubímaja, “female lover”), which only looks similar because it is the cognate of the Romani etymon through Proto-Indo-European