یاورو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yabrïg (young of animals);[1] cognate with Chuvash ҫӑвӑр (śăvăr).

Noun

یاورو • (yavru) (plural یاورولر (yavrular))

  1. baby, any very young animal, especially a vertebrate
    Synonym: بچه (beçe)
  2. baby, child, a kid aged approximatively 1 to 11 years
    Synonym: بچه (beçe)
    • 1926 April 3, baby food advertisement in Hakimiyet-i Milliye, page 6:
      یاوروكز ، سعادتكزدر
      yavrunuz, saadetinizdir
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

  • قپو یاوروسی (kapu yavrusu, wicket)
  • یاورو آغیزی (yavru ağızı, light pink color)
  • یاورو چیقارمق (yavru çıkarmak, to hatch chicks)
  • یاوروجق (yavrucuk, a little young one)
  • یاورولاتمق (yavrulatmak, to make or let litter)
  • یاورولامق (yavrulamak, to litter, breed, give birth)
  • یاورولو (yavrulu, with a young)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yavru
  • Armenian: յավրու (yavru), յավրի (yavri), յավրում (yavrum)
  • Greek: γιαβρί (giavrí)

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jabrɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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