ayyaş

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عیاش (ʿayyaş, “fond of good living and merriment, a toper, sot”),[1] from Arabic عَيَّاشْ (ʕayyāš, “one who lives in prosperity”), from عَاشَ (ʕāša, “to live, to be alive”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ajˈjaʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ay‧yaş

Noun

ayyaş (definite accusative ayyaşı, plural ayyaşlar)

  1. drunkard, drunk
    Synonyms: içkici, içici, keş, küplü, (archaic) bekri

Declension

Inflection
Nominative ayyaş
Definite accusative ayyaşı
Singular Plural
Nominative ayyaş ayyaşlar
Definite accusative ayyaşı ayyaşları
Dative ayyaşa ayyaşlara
Locative ayyaşta ayyaşlarda
Ablative ayyaştan ayyaşlardan
Genitive ayyaşın ayyaşların
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular ayyaşım ayyaşlarım
2nd singular ayyaşsın ayyaşlarsın
3rd singular ayyaş
ayyaştır 		ayyaşlar
ayyaşlardır
1st plural ayyaşız ayyaşlarız
2nd plural ayyaşsınız ayyaşlarsınız
3rd plural ayyaşlar ayyaşlardır

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عیاش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1329
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cübbe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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