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Turkish
Etymology
Reduplication of aval, of unknown origin, possibly deteriorated from avanak (regional forms; avalak, avalah, avak), which is from Armenian ավանակ (avanak, “donkey”), but this is not certain. Another possible origin could be the Arabic word أَحْوَل ('ahwal') meaning 'cross-eyed' or 'squint-eyed'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈvaɫ.a.vaɫ/
- Hyphenation: a‧val‧a‧val
Adverb
aval aval
- (slang, generally for looking or staring) stupidly, emptily, like a stuck pig
- Synonyms: aptal aptal, bön bön
See also
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aval”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ “avalak, avalah, avak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
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