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.
a boor, an uneducated person, a peasant · a person from western Ukraine.
çekim: çoğul рагу́лі · tamlayan рагу́ля
köken: Related to the words рог (roh, “a horn”) and рогатий (rohatyj, “horned, with horns”). The "а" was influenced by Russian pronunciation. The sense of "western Ukrainian" was attested since the 1960s among Russians living in Lviv.
köken: A form of the name Johannes, attested as a first name in 14th century. The same etymology applies to surnames Juntti, Junttinen, Junttila, Juntunen, Erkinjuntti etc.
peasant, countryman · hick, oaf, hillbilly · an uneducated or brutish person
çekim: çoğul țărani · tamlayan țăranului
eş: câmpean
köken: From țară (“country, land”) + -ean, from Latin terra (“land, earth”), or Inherited from Vulgar Latin *terriānus, from Latin terra + -iānus. Given the presence of -an- instead of -ân-, the initial form must have been țărean (which is now archaic or dialectal).
commoners. · uneducated, uninformed, unintelligent, or unsophisticated people, especially those from a rural area.
eş: ตามีตามา, ยายมียายมา, อีแก้วอีคำ
köken: From ตา (dtaa) + สี (sǐi) + ตา (dtaa) + สา (sǎa); literally meaning "Granddad Si, Granddad Sa"; Si and Sa being common names amongst rural people in Thailand.