pezevenk

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پزونك‎ (pezevenk), پوزونك‎ (püzevenk, pözevenk), from Middle Armenian բոզաւագ (bozawag), from Old Armenian բոզաւագ (bozawag).[1]

Alternatively, from Persian پژوند‎ (pažavand, pažvand), پژاوند‎ (pažâvand, “pimp”). It may be a cognate of Azerbaijani pəzəvəng (“huge, churl, berk, lout”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pezeˈveɳc]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ze‧venk

Noun

pezevenk (definite accusative pezevengi, plural pezevenkler)

  1. (vulgar) pimp, procurer
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) a worthless, obnoxious person, usually male, without honor, morals or virtue

Declension
Inflection
Nominative pezevenk
Definite accusative pezevengi
Singular Plural
Nominative pezevenk pezevenkler
Definite accusative pezevengi pezevenkleri
Dative pezevenge pezevenklere
Locative pezevenkte pezevenklerde
Ablative pezevenkten pezevenklerden
Genitive pezevengin pezevenklerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular pezevengim pezevenklerim
2nd singular pezevengin pezevenklerin
3rd singular pezevengi pezevenkleri
1st plural pezevengimiz pezevenklerimiz
2nd plural pezevenginiz pezevenkleriniz
3rd plural pezevenkleri pezevenkleri
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular pezevengim pezevenklerim
2nd singular pezevenksin pezevenklersin
3rd singular pezevenk
pezevenktir		 pezevenkler
pezevenklerdir
1st plural pezevenkiz pezevenkleriz
2nd plural pezevenksiniz pezevenklersiniz
3rd plural pezevenkler pezevenklerdir

Synonyms
  • (slang) pezo, dümbük, godoş, muhabbet tellalı, kavat, dasnik, astik

References
  1. Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 29

Further reading
  • “pezevenk”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
  • “pezevenk”, in Güncel Türkçe Sözlük [Contemporary Turkish Dictionary]‎, Türk Dil Kurumu, (Please provide a date or year)
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “pezevenk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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