یاوشاق

Ottoman Turkish

یاوشاق

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yavšak (“nit, young louse”), a word related to یاپشمق (yapışmak, “to stick, adhere”).

Noun

یاوشاق • (yavşak)

nit, the egg of a louse or a young louse
Synonym: سركه (sirke)

Related terms

یاوشان (yavşan, “artemisia, mugwort”)
یاپشمق (yapışmak, “to stick, adhere”)

Descendants

Turkish: yavşak

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yavşak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5252
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاوشاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1346
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yavşak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاوشاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2195

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