bedava

Crimean Tatar

Alternative forms

• badihava

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بداوا (see Turkish below), from Persian.

Adverb

bedava

1. free, gratis.
2. very cheap, without paying money.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بداوا (bedava), from Persian باد آورد (bâd-âvard), from باد (bâd, “wind”) and آورد (âvard, “borne”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.dɑːvɑ/

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Adverb

bedava

1. free, gratis
2. very cheaply

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bedava”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بداوا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 346