yabani

See also: yabanî and yabanı

Turkish

Alternative forms

• yabanî

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یابانی, an adjective form of Persian یابان (yâbân).

Adjective

yabani

1. related to the wilderness or outdoors
2. wild (not domesticated)
3. uncivilized; boorish

Related terms

• yaban
• yabanci

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yaban”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یابانی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2178
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN