yalvaç

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Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یلاواج, یالاواج (yalavac), ultimately a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yāl- (to ask, require; to hire, lease; servant; envoy).[1][2]

Noun

yalvaç (definite accusative yalvacı, plural yalvaçlar)

  1. (partly dated) prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)
    Synonyms: peygamber, resul

Declension

Inflection
Nominative yalvaç
Definite accusative yalvacı
Singular Plural
Nominative yalvaç yalvaçlar
Definite accusative yalvacı yalvaçları
Dative yalvaca yalvaçlara
Locative yalvaçta yalvaçlarda
Ablative yalvaçtan yalvaçlardan
Genitive yalvacın yalvaçların

Further reading

  • yalvaç”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yalvaç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill