kevaşe

Turkish

Etymology

Possibly from Ottoman Turkish قواده, feminine of قواد (kevad, “leader; pander”), that from Arabic قَوَّاد (qawwād) or Persian کواشه /kuwāsha/ quality, way, manner

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ke‧va‧şe

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Noun

kevaşe (definite accusative kevaşeyi, plural kevaşeler)

1. (slang, vulgar) slut, bitch

Related terms

• kavat

See also

• aşifte
• fahişe
• kaltak
• orospu
• sürtük
• şıllık
• yollu
• yosma

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kevaşe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قواد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1478