vahşi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish وحشی‎ (vahşi, “wild, savage”), from Arabic وَحْشِيّ‎ (waḥšiyy), adjectival form of وَحْش‎ (waḥš, “wild animal, monster”). Compare Persian ‎ (vahši).

Adjective

vahşi

turbulent, lawless, wild, truculent, barbarian, vitriolic, savage, fierce, ferocious

Related terms

vahşet

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “وحشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2130

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