şehvani

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شهوانی (şehvāni),[1][2] from Arabic شَهْوانِيّ (šahwāniyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeh.vaːˈniː/
  • Hyphenation: şeh‧va‧ni

Adjective

şehvani

  1. lustful, sensual, libidinous, desirous

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شهوانی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1144,
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شهوانی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 739

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