mavi

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See also: mavì, mávi, and mavı

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic мави
Abjad ماوی

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mavi

  1. blue
  2. gay, homosexual
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homoseksual
    • 2013 May 31, AzXeber‎:
      Bir oğlanın ʼmaviʼ olduğunu necə bilək?
      How can we know if a boy is 'blue' ?

Grass Koiari

Noun

mavi

  1. woman

References

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

Ladino

Etymology

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

Adjective

mavi

  1. blue

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe ma- + Proto-Bantu -bɪ́ɪ̀”)

Pronunciation

Noun

mavi (ma class, plural only)

  1. dung, excrement

Synonyms

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

mavi

  1. blue

Noun

mavi (definite accusative maviyi, plural maviler)

  1. blue
    Synonym: gök

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
Nominative
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
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular mavimi mavilerimi
2nd singular mavini mavilerini
3rd singular mavisini mavilerini
1st plural mavimizi mavilerimizi
2nd plural mavinizi mavilerinizi
3rd plural mavilerini mavilerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular mavime mavilerime
2nd singular mavine mavilerine
3rd singular mavisine mavilerine
1st plural mavimize mavilerimize
2nd plural mavinize mavilerinize
3rd plural mavilerine mavilerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular mavimde mavilerimde
2nd singular mavinde mavilerinde
3rd singular mavisinde mavilerinde
1st plural mavimizde mavilerimizde
2nd plural mavinizde mavilerinizde
3rd plural mavilerinde mavilerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular mavimden mavilerimden
2nd singular mavinden mavilerinden
3rd singular mavisinden mavilerinden
1st plural mavimizden mavilerimizden
2nd plural mavinizden mavilerinizden
3rd plural mavilerinden mavilerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular mavimin mavilerimin
2nd singular mavinin mavilerinin
3rd singular mavisinin mavilerinin
1st plural mavimizin mavilerimizin
2nd plural mavinizin mavilerinizin
3rd plural mavilerinin mavilerinin

See also

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)
     beyaz, ak      gri, boz      siyah, kara
             kırmızı, kızıl; al              turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz              sarı; bej
             limon çürüğü              yeşil              nane yeşili
             camgöbeği; turkuaz              gök, mavi              lacivert
             eflatun; mor              pembe; mor              yavruağzı

Further reading

  • mavi in Reverso (Turkish-English)
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