petty thief, crook, racketeer · sly, cunning person
çekim: çoğul Gaunern · tamlayan Gauners
eş: Betrüger, Schwindler, Schlitzohr, Spitzbube
köken: From thieves’ cant (Rotwelsch) Jauner, Joner (“gambler, cardsharp”), attested ca. 1500 alongside the verb jonen. Further usually derived from Yiddish יוון (Yoven/Yovon, “Greece”), from Hebrew יָוָן (yāwān), because Greeks were said to be skilful cardsharps (compare French Grec in this sense). The anlaut is due to hypercorrection based on the widespread Central German pronunciation of initial g-…
rabble, riffraff · rascal, blackguard, scoundrel, scum · clever person
çekim: çoğul canailles
eş: salaud, quenaille
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Middle French canaille French canaille Inherited from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia.
köken: From Old Spanish bandir, from Italian bandire (“to prohibit”), from Frankish *bannjan (“banish”), influenced by Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”).
scoundrel, villain, blackguard, bastard, degenerate · Term of abuse
çekim: çoğul canalhas
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Portuguese canalha Borrowed from Italian canaglia, ultimately equivalent to cão + -alha.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *watah Classical Persian بَد (bad) Arabic عَاشَ (ʕāša) Arabic مَعَاش (maʕāš)bor. Classical Persian مَعَاش (ma'āš) Classical Persian بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āš)bor. Hindi बदमाश Borrowed from Classical Persian بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āš), from بَد (bad) + مَعَاش (ma'āš).
bastard, rascal, scoundrel, son of a bitch, villain (a contemptible, despicable, worthless man capable or guilty of crimes) · brat, imp, rascal, troublemaker (a mischievous boy)
çekim: çoğul gazemberek
köken: gaz (“treacherous, villainous”) + ember (“man”)
yoke-bearer (a term of abuse, usually of slaves) · rascal, scoundrel, rogue
çekim: çoğul furciferī · tamlayan furciferī
köken: Etymology tree Latin furca Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós Proto-Italic *-foros Latin -fer Latin furcifer From furca + -fer.