mavi

See also: mavì

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَاوِيّ‎ (māwiyy, “watery”). The “gay” sense is a semantic loan from Russian голубой (goluboj, “light blue; gay”).

Adjective

mavi

1. blue
2. gay, homosexual

   • 2013 May 31, AzXeber‎^[1]:

     Bir oğlanın 'mavi' olduğunu necə bilək?

     How can we know if a boy is 'blue' [i.e. gay]?

   Synonym: homoseksual

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Grass Koiari

Noun

mavi

1. woman

References

• Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

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Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ماوی‎ (mavi), from Arabic مَاوِيّ‎ (māwiyy, “watery”).

Adjective

mavi

1. blue

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Swahili

Noun

mavi (ma class, plural only)

1. dung, excrement

Synonyms

• choo

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ماوی‎ (mavi), from Arabic مَاوِيّ‎ (māwiyy, “watery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑːvi]
• Hyphenation: ma‧vi

Adjective

māvi (comparative daha mavi, superlative en mavi)

1. blue

Noun

māvi (definite accusative maviyi, plural maviler)

1. blue

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mavi
Definite accusative	maviyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mavi	maviler
Definite accusative	maviyi	mavileri
Dative	maviye	mavilere
Locative	mavide	mavilerde
Ablative	maviden	mavilerden
Genitive	mavinin	mavilerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular mavim mavilerim 2nd singular mavin mavilerin 3rd singular mavisi mavileri 1st plural mavimiz mavilerimiz 2nd plural maviniz mavileriniz 3rd plural mavileri mavileri

Synonyms

• gök

See also

• masmavi