vahşi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish وحشی (vahşi, “wild, savage”), from Arabic وَحْشِيّ (waḥšiyy), adjectival form of وَحْش (waḥš, “wild animal, monster”). Compare Persian (vahši).

Adjective

vahşi

turbulent, lawless, wild, truculent, barbarian, vitriolic, savage, fierce, ferocious

Related terms

vahşet

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وحشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2130

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