yavan

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Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic یاوان
Abjad јаван

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yabgan (unpleasant) Cognate with Turkish yavan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [yɑˈvɑn]
  • Hyphenation: ya‧van

Adjective

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yavan (comparative daha yavan, superlative ən yavan)

  1. Without any side or bread
    yavan çörəkbread without any side
  2. made with little or no oil or butter
    Synonym: yağsız
  3. flavourless, insipid, tasteless
  4. (figuratively, of words) meaningless, empty
  5. (of soil) meager, barren, infertile, poor in nutrients

Further reading

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  • yavan” in Obastan.com.

Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاوان (yavan, flavourless, insipid), itself from Proto-Turkic *yabgan (unpleasant).

Adjective

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yavan

  1. made with little or no oil or butter
    Synonym: yağsız
  2. flavourless, insipid, tasteless
    Synonyms: lezzetsiz, tatsız
  3. (figuratively, of words) meaningless, empty

Further reading

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