aval aval

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of aval, of unknown origin,^[1] possibly deteriorated from avanak (regional forms; avalak, avalah, avak),^[2] which is from Armenian ավանակ (avanak, “donkey”), but this is not certain.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /aˈvaɫ.a.vaɫ/
Hyphenation: a‧val‧a‧val

Adverb edit

(slang, generally for looking or staring) stupidly, emptily, like a stuck pig
Synonyms: aptal aptal, bön bön

See also edit

References edit

^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aval”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
^ “avalak, avalah, avak”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Further reading edit

“aval aval”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aval aval”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 357

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