vahşi
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish وحشی (vahşi, “wild, savage”), from Arabic وَحْشِيّ (waḥšiyy), adjectival form of وَحْش (waḥš, “wild animal, monster”). Compare Persian وحشی (vahši).
Adjective
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Related terms
editReferences
edit- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وحشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2130