قاوالیه
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- قوالییه (kavalye)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French cavalier.
Noun edit
قاوالیه • (kavalye)
- a lady's male escort [from 19th c.]
Descendants edit
- Turkish: kavalye
References edit
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kavalye”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kavalye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük