Where does “havasız” come from?

havasız (Turkish) comes from Turkish hava, from Ottoman Turkish هوا, from Arabic هَوَاء — air, atmosphere.

havasız (Turkish): stuffy

Definitions

  1. stuffy

Ancestry of “havasız”, step by step

havasız traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish hava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhavaweather; air; tune
2Ottoman Turkishهواair, the substance constituting Earth's atmosphere
3Arabicهَوَاءair, atmosphere

via Turkish sız

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsızyou (plural subject pronoun: the group being addressed); you guys, y'all
2Ottoman Turkishسزye, you
3Proto-Turkicsiŕyou; ye
Every word from Arabic هَوَاء →Every word from Ottoman Turkish هوا →Every word from Turkish hava →
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