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

   Synonyms: blu, blö

(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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