leş

See also: Appendix:Variations of "les"

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لش‎ (leş), from earlier لاشه‎ (laşe), from Classical Persian لاش‎ (lāš).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leʃ/
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Noun

leş (definite accusative leşi, plural leşler)

  1. animal carcass, carrion
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) a human corpse, especially of a very hated person
  3. (figuratively, derogatory) an unlikable or obnoxious person
  4. (idiomatic) something that has a very pungent stink
    Bu peynir leş gibi kokuyor
    This cheese stinks like [a] carcass

Declension

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