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.
concubine of a married man, mistress · male prostitute
çekim: çoğul paelicēs · tamlayan paelicis
köken: * Usually compared to Ancient Greek παλλᾰκή (pallăkḗ, “concubine”), but phonological and other uncertainties exist. * The variant pellex shows folk-etymological connection with pelliciō (“to allure”).
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”).