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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لاش.
Pronunciation
Noun
leş (definite accusative leşi, plural leşlər)
- animal carcass, carrion
2012 December 12, Lax yumurtalı qisas:- Otaqlar leş iyi verir.- The rooms smell like carrion.
- (figuratively, derogatory) a human corpse, especially of a very hated person
Declension
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish لش (leş), from earlier لاشه (laşe), from Classical Persian لاش (lāš).
Pronunciation
Noun
leş (definite accusative leşi, plural leşler)
- animal carcass, carrion
- (figuratively, derogatory) a human corpse, especially of a very hated person
- (figuratively, derogatory) an unlikable or obnoxious person
- (idiomatic) something that has a very pungent stink
- Bu peynir leş gibi kokuyor
- This cheese stinks like carcass
Declension