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 Persian شلوغ; likely ultimately from Arabic شُغْل (šuḡl), with the sense development 'work' → 'busy' → 'crowded, noisy' → 'mischievous, naughty'. The metathesis probably happened in Persian first.
a young rascal, a naughty to mischievous kid, usually a tomboy · a club, stick, bat
çekim: çoğul bengels
eş: blaag, deugniet, rekel, schavuit
köken: From Middle Dutch bengel, from Old Dutch *bengil, from Proto-West Germanic *bangil, from Proto-Germanic *bangilaz (“club, stick”). Similar sense development is found in German Bengel (“rascal”). Related to English bang.