وحشي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of وَحْش (waḥš) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waħ.ʃijj/
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Adjective

وَحْشِيّ • (waḥšiyy) (feminine وَحْشِيَّة (waḥšiyya), masculine plural وَحْشِيُّونَ (waḥšiyyūna), feminine plural وَحْشِيَّات (waḥšiyyāt))

  1. (of plants and animals) wild
  2. uncivilized, savage, barbaric, barbarous
    Synonym: هَمَجِيّ (hamajiyy)
  3. beastly

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: vəhşi
  • Crimean Tatar: вахший
  • Ottoman Turkish: وحشی (vaḥşi)
    > Turkish: vahşi (inherited)
  • Persian: وحشی
  • Tatar: вәхши (wäxşi), vəxşi
  • Uyghur: ۋەھشى (wehshi)
  • Uzbek: vahshiy
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