لافزن

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • لافزان (lafazan), لافازان (lafazan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لافزن (lāfzen, “boaster, braggart”), from لاف (lāf).

Noun

لافزن • (lafazan)

  1. windbag, braggart
    Synonym: كوزه (geveze)

Derived terms

  • لافزنلق (lafazanlık)

Descendants

  • Turkish: lafazan
  • → Albanian: llafazan
  • → Armenian: լաֆազան (lafazan), լափազան (lapʻazan)
  • → Aromanian: lafãzan
  • → Bulgarian: лафаза́н (lafazán)
  • → Georgian: ლაფაზანაი (lapazanai) — Chveneburi
  • → Greek: λαφαζάνης (lafazánis)
  • → Ladino: lafazán
  • → Romanian: lafazan

References

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