yavan

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic јаван
Abjad یاوان

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yabgan (“unpleasant”). Cognate with Turkish yavan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [yɑˈvɑn]
  • Hyphenation: ya‧van

Adjective

yavan (comparative daha yavan, superlative ən yavan)

  1. Without any side or bread
    yavan çörək ― bread without any side
  2. made with little or no oil or butter
    Synonym: yağsız
  3. flavourless, insipid, tasteless
  4. (figuratively, of words) meaningless, empty
  5. (of soil) meager, barren, infertile, poor in nutrients

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “yavan” in Obastan.com.

Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

yavan

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

Further reading

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