mavi

Ultimately from Arabic مَاوِيّ (māwiyy, “watery”). The “gay” sense is a semantic loan from Russian голубо́й (golubój, “light blue; gay”).

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mavi

1. blue
2. gay, homosexual

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homoseksual

   • 2013 May 31, AzXeber‎^[1]:

     Bir oğlanın ʼmaviʼ olduğunu necə bilək?

     How can we know if a boy is 'blue' [i.e. gay]?

mavi

1. woman

• Terry Crowley, Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ماوی (mavi), from Arabic مَاوِيّ (māwiyy, “watery”).

mavi

1. blue

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe ma- + Proto-Bantu -bɪ́ɪ̀, see BLR 5841”)

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mavi class VI (plural only)

1. dung, excrement

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ماوی (mavi), from Arabic مَاوِيّ (māwiyy, “watery”).

• IPA^(key): [mɑːˈvɪ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧vi

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mavi (intensive masmavi)

1. blue

mavi (definite accusative maviyi, plural maviler)

1. blue

   Synonym: gök

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