boş
AzerbaijaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.[1]
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
boş (comparative daha boş, superlative ən boş, intensive bomboş)
- empty
- Xəzinə boşdur, pul yoxdur! ― The treasury is empty, there is no money!
- available, not occupied
- Sabah axşam boşam, gələ bilərsən. ― I'm free tomorrow evening, you can come [then].
- spare (of time)
- Boş vaxtım olanda, kitab oxumaqdan xoşum gəlir.
- When I have spare time, I like reading.
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- boşanmaq (“to divorce”)
- boşalmaq (“to be emptied”)
- boşaltmaq (“to empty”)
- boşluq (“emptiness; space bar”)
- boşqab (“plate”)
DescendantsEdit
- → Lezgi: буш (buš)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*boĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş), from Proto-Turkic *boĺ (“empty”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
boş (intensive bomboş)
- empty, unoccupied, blank
- boş kutu ― empty box
- boş kâğıt ― blank paper
- (of a position, a post of employment, a job) open, available
- Synonym: müsait
- Yarın sabah boşum.
- I'm available tomorrow morning.
- (of cups and dishes) used, empty
- Synonym: kirli (“dirty”)
- Boşları verin, mutfağa götüreyim.
- Hand me the empty cups, let me take them to the kitchen.
- (figuratively) meaningless, pointless
- (figuratively) ignorant, unskilled, unqualified
- (figuratively) useless, pointless, in vain, no-good
- Synonym: yararsız (“unbeneficial”)
- boş teselliler ― useless consolations
AntonymsEdit
- (1 and 3): dolu
AdverbEdit
boş
- (figuratively) unprepared, off guard
- boş yakalanmak ― to get caught off guard
NounEdit
boş (definite accusative boşu, plural boşlar)