a whore (prostitute) · a whore (promiscuous person, slut) · a whore (person offering themselves in some non-sexual capacity in a way perceived as indicating a lack of self-respect)
çekim: çoğul horor · tamlayan horas
köken: From Old Swedish hōra, from Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Compare Danish hore, English whore, Dutch hoer, German Hure. Doublet of kär.
female equivalent of basior (“bitch, she-wolf”) (female wolf)
çekim: çoğul basiory · tamlayan basiory
eş: wilczyca, wadera
köken: Etymology tree Polish basior Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ Proto-Slavic *-a Old Polish -a Polish -a Polish basiora From basior + -a.
köken: Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀟 (raṇḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-) without cluster simplification, from Sanskrit रण्ड (raṇḍa). Related to रांड (rāṇḍ, “widow, prostitute”).
From lupus (“wolf”) + -a (feminine suffix). The sense “prostitute” is either a comparison of the prostitutes' predation on men to the wolf's rapacity, as also in Isidore's (often fanciful) opinion, or a reference to the she-wolf's supposed uncleanliness and promiscuity (often culturally conflated), paralleled in English bitch.