yalvaç

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • yalavaç

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یلاواج, یالاواج (yalavac), ultimately a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yāl- (“to ask, require; to hire, lease; servant; envoy”).[1][2]

Noun

yalvaç (definite accusative yalvacı, plural yalvaçlar)

  1. (partly dated) prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)
    Synonyms: peygamber, resul

Declension

Declension of yalvaç
singular plural
nominative yalvaç yalvaçlar
definite accusative yalvacı yalvaçları
dative yalvaca yalvaçlara
locative yalvaçta yalvaçlarda
ablative yalvaçtan yalvaçlardan
genitive yalvacın yalvaçların
  • yalavı (sihir)

Further reading

  • “yalvaç”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yalvaç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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