a club wielded as a weapon · a young rascal · a knave, a boy
çekim: çoğul Bengeln · tamlayan Bengels
eş: Lausejunge, Lausbub, Flegel
köken: From Middle High German bengel, from Old High German *bengil (“club", "stick", "hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bangil, from Proto-Germanic *bangilaz (“club, hammer”), from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat”).
köken: From flava (“yellow”) + beko (“beak”) + -ulo (“person characterized by the quality expressed in the root”), calque of French béjaune or Polish żółtodziób.
From the 出世魚 (shusse uo, fish that change names as they grow older), specifically the 青魚 (aouo) form of the 鱸 (suzuki, Japanese sea bass). At two years of age it is still midway through its growth, hence transferred from the meaning of 青 (“young, immature”) combined with 二才 (“two years old”, connoting immaturity). Alternatively, “二才” is a development from classical Japanese niise (“young man”;…