şehvani

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شهوانی (şehvāni),^[1]^[2] from Arabic شَهْوانِيّ (šahwāniyy).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃeh.vaːˈniː/
Hyphenation: şeh‧va‧ni

Adjective edit

şehvani

lustful, sensual, libidinous, desirous

Related terms edit

References edit

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شهوانی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1144,
^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شهوانی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 739

Further reading edit

“şehvani”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şehvani”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4450

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