paçavra
See also: pačavra
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاچاوره (paçavra), from Greek πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra, “rag; dirty cloth”).
Noun edit
paçavra
Declension edit
Declension of paçavra
singular | plural | |
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nominative | paçavra | paçavralar |
genitive | paçavranıñ | paçavralarnıñ |
dative | paçavrağa | paçavralarğa |
accusative | paçavranı | paçavralarnı |
locative | paçavrada | paçavralarda |
ablative | paçavradan | paçavralardan |
References edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاچاوره (paçavra) , from Greek πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra, “rag; dirty cloth”).
Noun edit
paçavra (definite accusative paçavrayı, plural paçavralar)
- rag, dirty cloth
- (figurative, derogatory) rag (poor quality newspaper)
- 2020 September 8, headline in Cumhuriyet[1]:
- AKP'li kadın vekilden Akit'e sert tepki: Paçavra, esfeli safiline inmiş ahlaksız
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2020 September 8, headline in Cumhuriyet[1]:
- (figurative) something worthless
- 1938 July 24, “Karısını balta ile doğrayan katil [Killer who chopped up his wife with an axe]”, in Kurun, page 4:
- Tabiî öldürdüm.. Hayır hayır, balta ile kestim. Çünkü namusumu paçavra yaptı, demiştir.
- Of course I killed her.. No, no, I chopped her with an axe. Because she soiled my honor, he said.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN