yabani

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See also: yabanî and yabanı

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یابانی, an adjective form of Persian یابان (yâbân).

Adjective

yabani

  1. related to the wilderness or outdoors
  2. wild (not domesticated)
  3. uncivilized; boorish

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yaban”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یابانی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2178
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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