kabaca

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قباجه (ḳabaca),[1] from قبا (ḳaba),[2] equivalent to kaba (“rude, rough, unrefined, puffy”) +‎ -ca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈba.d͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧ca

Adjective

kabaca

  1. fairly large and plump

Adverb

kabaca

  1. rudely, impolitely, brutishly
  2. roughly, approximately, crudely

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قباجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1430
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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