ayvaz
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish عیواض, from Arabic عِيوَاض (ʕīwāḍ), alteration of عِوَض (ʕiwaḍ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ayvaz (definite accusative ayvazı, plural ayvazlar)
- (dialectal) husband, man, male
- (obsolete) surgeon servant in battleships
- (historical) cook servant in big mansions
Declension edit
References edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عیواض”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 866
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ayvaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük