köken: From Middle High German buole, puole, from *buolo, *puolo, from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“male relative, kinsman”). Cognate with Middle Low German bōle, Dutch boel. More at bully.
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk'), [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg /bānūg/), from Old Persian *bānūka-. Akin to Old Armenian բանուկան (banukan), an Iranian borrowing.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian خانم (xānum, “madame, Mrs”), from Old Anatolian Turkish خانم (ḫānum), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kagan, thus related to хан (xan).
a woman one is romantically involved with in addition to one's primary partner, usually in secret; a mistress; a kept woman · a woman from the countryside
çekim: çoğul buitenvrouwen
köken: Compound of buiten (“outside”) + vrouw (“woman, wife”). For the sense "mistress", compare Antillean Creole fanm déwo, Haitian Creole fanm deyò.
köken: Feminine of dominus. If Oscan διομανας (diomanas, gen. sg.) is cognate, one can reconstruct Proto-Italic *domVnā with an uncertain second vowel; see its entry for discussion.
concubine, a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife · mistress, the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations
çekim: çoğul gundik-gundik
köken: From Tamil கொண்டி (koṇṭi, “prostitute, concubine”).