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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yabgan (“unpleasant”). Cognate with Turkish yavan.
Pronunciation
Adjective
yavan (comparative daha yavan, superlative ən yavan)
- Without any side or bread
- yavan çörək ― bread without any side
- made with little or no oil or butter
- Synonym: yağsız
- flavourless, insipid, tasteless
- (figuratively, of words) meaningless, empty
- (of soil) meager, barren, infertile, poor in nutrients
Derived terms
References
- Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “yavan”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 4, Baku: Şərq-Qərb
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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاوان (yavan, “flavourless, insipid”), itself from Proto-Turkic *yabgan (“unpleasant”).
Adjective
yavan
- made with little or no oil or butter
- Synonym: yağsız
- flavourless, insipid, tasteless
- (figuratively, of words) meaningless, empty
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “yavan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5249
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yavan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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