köken: Distorted from Arabic بَطَّال (baṭṭāl) or another word from the root ب ط ل (b ṭ l), or maybe from بَتَرَ (batara, “to cut off”) in view of Salamancan baldorro (“beast that one culls for being old or sick”), baldorras and boldregas (“tattered”), Aragonese and Spanish baldrés (“tanned sheep hide”), Portuguese and Galician baldréu (“goat-hide for gloves; depraved person”), Canarian baladrón…
lord, master, owner · dignitary, gentleman · wealthy man
çekim: çoğul خواجهها
köken: Ultimately derived from a Middle Indo-Aryan reflex of Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya, “teacher; preceptor; spiritual adviser”), via Central Asian intermediaries. Various Middle Indo-Aryan reflexes are attested from all stages, including Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (uvajjhāa), but the Central Asian loaning source most closely resembles an unattested *𑀯𑀸𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (*vājjhāa) — matching Sindhi واجهو (vājho,…
castrato, eunuch (castrated human male) · eunuch (such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state) · impotent (person incapable of taking a particular type of action that the situation requires)
çekim: çoğul eunuchowie · tamlayan eunucha
eş: kastrat, rzezaniec, trzebieniec
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek εὐνή (eunḗ) Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *hékʰō Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō) Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos)bor. Latin eunūchuslbor. Polish eunuch Learned borrowing from Latin eunūchus.
köken: Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀳𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚 (*hijja) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), whence हीज (hīj, “defective; cowardly”). Some have suggested a formation from Arabic ه ج ر (h j r) but this derivation is implausible due to the widespread cognates of this term. Cognate with Punjabi ਹਿਜੜਾ (hijṛā) / ہجڑا (hijṛā), Gujarati હીજડો (hījḍo), Marathi हिजडा (hij̈ḍā), Bengali হিজড়া (hijoṛa), Odia…
eunuch (a castrated human male) · eunuch (a harem guard)
çekim: çoğul eunuchok
köken: From German Eunuch, from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos, “castrated man, eunuch, harem guard”), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, keep”).
From Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos, “eunuch, castrated animal”), εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, keep, hold”); literally, a chamberlain (see ĉambelano).