yalvaç

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Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish یلاواج, یالاواج (yalavac), ultimately a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yāl- (“to ask, require; to hire, lease; servant; envoy”).[1][2]

Noun

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yalvaç (definite accusative yalvacı, plural yalvaçlar)

  1. (partly dated) prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)
    Synonyms: peygamber, resul

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative yalvaç
Definite accusative yalvacı
Singular Plural
Nominative yalvaç yalvaçlar
Definite accusative yalvacı yalvaçları
Dative yalvaca yalvaçlara
Locative yalvaçta yalvaçlarda
Ablative yalvaçtan yalvaçlardan
Genitive yalvacın yalvaçların
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Further reading

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  • “yalvaç”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yalvaç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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