gevşek
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوشك (gevşek, “loose, slack”), itself from Common Turkic *geŋşek (“loose, slack”), from the same root of gevşemek (“to unwind, relax”).
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gevşek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1695
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gevşek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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