haşarı

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • haşeri

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حشری‎ (ḥaşeri, “of the class of professional vagrants, vagabonds; hence, a wild, dissolute, lascivious man or beast”),[1][2] from Arabic حَشَرة‎ (ḥašara, “insect, small creeping animal”) with ـِيّ‎‎ (-iyy) nisba suffix.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.ʃaˈɾɯ/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧şa‧rı

Adjective

haşarı

  1. (of a child) very naughty, mischievous, uncontrollable
    Synonym: yaramaz
  2. (of an animal) grumpy, bad-tempered
    Synonym: huysuz

Declension

Derived terms

  • haşarıca
  • haşarılık

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حشری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 787
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “حشری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 508
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “haşarı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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