köken: Fixed nominalisation of Middle High German jung (“young”), from Old High German jung (“young”). Already occasionally in Middle High German [Term?], later gaining a fixed noun form based on its weak nominative inflection (giving ein Junge instead of ein Junger). The recognition as the normal standard term for “boy” is based on Central and Low German usage and has only fully asserted itself during…
köken: From Caló chavó, from Romani ćhavo. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva, “baby animal”), from Sanskrit *छाप (*chāpa). Cognate with Pali chāpa (“the young of an animal”) and Marathi छावा (chāvā, “cub”). Related to Portuguese chavalo and English chav and regional German Chabo.
aile: chavalo, chavalote
¿De quién es el niño? — Oğlan kimin?
En el parque de las balas / Tardes y noches, fines de semanas / Con los chavales y con las chavalas
köken: Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوغلان (oġlan), from Proto-Turkic *oglan. cognates Cognate with Bashkir улан (ulan), Kazakh ұлан (ūlan), Tatar олан (olan), улан (ulan), углан (uğlan), Turkish oğlan, Turkmen oglan, Uzbek oʻgʻlon. See also English uhlan.
exclamation of surprise or disappointment; boy! · oh my, amazing
eş: jeetje
köken: According to the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, the term is an evolution of the now obsolete interjections amij, amy or ammy (formed from ah and the personal pronoun mij; compare also French à moi), as an exclamation of sorrow or indignation, pain, aversion, pity, etc.
köken: From chłop + -ak. Originally from the Mazovian dialect, as there is a tendency to use the suffix -ak instead of -ę to create young nouns (compare Polish dziecię vs Polish dzieciak, źrebię vs źrebak). First attested in 1731.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian بَچَّه (bačča), from Proto-Iranian *wacáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás, from Proto-Indo-European *wetsós, from *wétos + *-ós. Doublet of बछड़ा (bachṛā, “calf, child, boy”).
köken: Either a loan from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend, boyfriend”), or a blend of kamraati + toveri. The former of these is now considered more likely. The word is also attested in the sense “companion (in crime)”, so it may have originated in argot.
köken: Most likely originated as the past participle of băia (“to care for an infant”), in which case possibly influenced by bărbat in derivation. Compare băiată (“girl”). Other theories suggest a connection to Medieval Latin balietus, from baietus (“page, serving boy”).
Aceştia sunt cei trei fii ai noştri. — Bizim oğlanlar.
a child; chit · a boy, lad (typically between ages 7-14 but could be younger) (older than an īnfāns but younger than an adulēscēns) · a male servant or page; slave
çekim: çoğul puerī · tamlayan puerī
zıt: puella, puera, vir
köken: From Proto-Italic *puweros, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros, from *peh₂w-. Cognate with Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌂𐌋𐌖𐌌 (puglum), Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “boy”).