a young rascal, a naughty to mischievous kid, usually a tomboy · a club, stick, bat
çekim: çoğul bengels
eş: blaag, deugniet, rekel, schavuit
köken: From Middle Dutch bengel, from Old Dutch *bengil, from Proto-West Germanic *bangil, from Proto-Germanic *bangilaz (“club, stick”). Similar sense development is found in German Bengel (“rascal”). Related to English bang.
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.
person with moderate learning difficulties · idiot, moron, imbecile
çekim: çoğul βλάκες · tamlayan βλάκα
eş: χαζός, ανόητος, κουτός, κουτορνίθι, μπούφος
zıt: έξυπνος
köken: Inherited from Ancient Greek βλάξ (bláx, “soft”) from the accusative singular τὸν (tòn) βλάκα (bláka), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”) (through *μλάξ [mláx] > *μβλάξ [mbláx]). Cognates include Latin mollis (“soft, mild”), Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”) and English mild.
köken: Uncertain. Possibly a clipping of malimończyk, marymontczyk (“student/professor/baked good from Marymont”), itself probably from French Mariemont (“Mount Mary”), where the element was influenced by a dialectal pronunciation of the prefix anty- (dialectally ancy-), which often has a negative connotation, with sound changes being marymontczyk > marymon > ancymon. First attested in 1914. Compare…
rascal, urchin (a mischievous boy) · scoundrel (a person without honour or virtue) · chicken vendor
çekim: çoğul csibészek
köken: From csibe (“baby chicken”) + -ész (noun-forming suffix denoting an occupation). Its original meaning csibeárus (“chicken vendor”) is obsolete. The modern meaning was influenced by csirkefogó (“rascal, scoundrel”, literally “chicken-catcher”).
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.
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto bubo Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin -aceum Italian -accioder. Esperanto -aĉ- Esperanto bubaĉo From bubo + -aĉ-.