köken: From Middle High German buobe (“knave”), from Old High German Buobo, a male name of unknown meaning, though probably formed as a reduplication of a syllable *bo which may be abstracted from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), based on the original meaning of "male child", reinforced by sound-symbolism. Cognate with Dutch boef (“villain”). Probably also related to boy; see there for more.
young man; man · Generic name of a male employee in some industries · ellipsis of garçon de café
çekim: çoğul garçons
eş: gamin
köken: Inherited from Middle French garçon, from Old French garçon, garçun m (“servant, boy”), from Early Medieval Latin garciōnem, accusative of garciō m (“mercenary, servant, boy”), from Frankish *wrakkjō (“servant, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”). Cognate with Old English wreċċa (“exile, outcast”), whence Modern English wretch.
aile: enterrement de vie de garçon, garçon de cabine, garçon de café, garçon de caisse, garçon de cuisine, garçon de ferme, garçon de restaurant, garçon de salle, garçon de service, garçon d'étage
köken: From Caló chavó, from Romani ćhavo. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva, “baby animal”), from Sanskrit *छाप (*chāpa). Cognate with Pali chāpa (“the young of an animal”) and Marathi छावा (chāvā, “cub”). Related to Portuguese chavalo and English chav and regional German Chabo.
aile: chavalo, chavalote
En el parque de las balas / Tardes y noches, fines de semanas / Con los chavales y con las chavalas
a boy, any male child · members of a male 'peers' group, e.g. a military unit · Informal term used to address multiple children of masculine or mixed gender; kids, guys (may be considered insufficiently gender-inclusive)
çekim: çoğul jongens
köken: From Middle Dutch jongen, dative/accusative form of jonge, a nominal use of jong (“young”). Cognate with German Junge (“boy”).
boy (young male human) · son (male offspring) · young (an offspring of an animal, especially of a bird)
çekim: çoğul pojat · tamlayan pojan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *poika, from Proto-Uralic *pojka. Cognate with Livvi poigu, Estonian poeg, poiss, Erzya пиё (pijo, “grandson”), буе (buje, “family line; area”), Udmurt пие (pije), Northern Khanty пох (poh), Northern Mansi пыг (pyg, “son, boy”) and Hungarian fiú. The Finnic word has also been borrowed into Baltic (such as Latvian puika) and Swedish (see the descendants below).
köken: From Old Irish búachaill (“cowherd”), from Proto-Celtic *boukolyos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, turn around”). Cognates include Breton bugel (“child”), Welsh bugail (“shepherd”), and Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”).
köken: Borrowed from German Knabe (which is now dated, but was still standard at the time of the creation of Esperanto), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *knabō, an alternative reconstruction of *knappō. Compare English knave, knape, German Knappe, Dutch knaap.
aile: knaba, knabaĝo
La malgranda knabo estis en forta febro kaj malfacile bataladis pro spiro.
young boy, child · A young worker. · an exploited boy, among 6-14 years approximately, used as a labourer in a sulfur, salt or potash mine, due to their ability to enter narrow shafts of mines.
çekim: çoğul carusi
eş: figghiu & carusa
zıt: patri, matri, ginituri, adurtu, granni
köken: Disputed. Some have sustained a not well explained derivation from Ancient Greek κόρος (kóros, “boy”). More likely it derives from a vulgar readjectivized use of Latin cārus (“dear, beloved; expensive”), from caru (“dear, beloved”) + -usu (-ose, -ous), then substantivized. If this latter is right, compare Irish cara and English whore for similar developments.