qaluboy

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian голубо́й (golubój), whence also the semantic loan mavi (light blue; homosexual).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɑɫuˈboj], [ɢɑɫuˈboj]
  • Hyphenation: qa‧lu‧boy

Noun

qaluboy (definite accusative qaluboyu, plural qaluboylar)

  1. (Russianism) male homosexual, gay
    • 2009 January 16, JournalEast:
      Bəli, qaluboy idi. Əvvələr buna şübhəm var idi. Deyirdim bəlkə mən səf başa düşmüşəm.
      Yes, he was gay. Before, I doubted it. I used to say, what if I got it all wrong.

Declension

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