paçavra

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاچاوره (paçavra), from Greek πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra, “rag; dirty cloth”).

paçavra

1. napkin

• “paçavra”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاچاوره (paçavra) , from Greek πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra, “rag; dirty cloth”).

paçavra (definite accusative paçavrayı, plural paçavralar)

1. rag, dirty cloth
2. (figurative, derogatory) rag (poor quality newspaper)
   • 2020 September 8, headline in Cumhuriyet:

     AKP'li kadın vekilden Akit'e sert tepki: Paçavra, esfeli safiline inmiş ahlaksız

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (figurative) something worthless
   • 1938 July 24, “Karısını balta ile doğrayan katil [Killer who chopped up his wife with an axe]”, in Kurun, page 4:

     Tabiî öldürdüm.. Hayır hayır, balta ile kestim. Çünkü namusumu paçavra yaptı, demiştir.

     Of course I killed her.. No, no, I chopped her with an axe. Because she soiled my honor, he said.

• paçavracı

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN