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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوشك (gevşek, “loose, slack”), itself from Common Turkic *geŋşek (“loose, slack”), from the same root of gevşemek (“to unwind, relax”).
Adjective
gevşek
- loose, slack
- flaccid
- sloppy, lax
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