vahşi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish وحشی (vahşi, “wild, savage”), from Arabic وَحْشِيّ (waḥšiyy), adjectival form of وَحْش (waḥš, “wild animal, monster”). Compare Persian وحشی (vahši).

Adjective

vahşi

1. turbulent, lawless, wild, truculent, barbarian, vitriolic, savage, fierce, ferocious

Related terms

• vahşet

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وحشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2130