yavan

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاوان‎ (yavan, “flavourless, insipid”), itself from Proto-Turkic *yabgan (“unpleasant”).

Adjective

yavan

made with little or no oil or butter
Synonym: yağsız
flavourless, insipid, tasteless
Synonyms: lezzetsiz, tatsız
(figuratively, of words) meaningless, empty

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “yavan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5249
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yavan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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