avam

From Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), plural of Arabic عَامَّة (ʕāmma, “common people”).

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈvɑm]
• Hyphenation: a‧vam

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avam (comparative daha avam, superlative ən avam)

1. unenlightened, ignorant

   Synonyms: savadsız, oxumamış

2. uneducated, illiterate

   Synonym: savadsız

3. naive

   Synonyms: sadədil, sadəlöhv

• avamlıq

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “avam”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

avam

1. accusative singular of ava

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian avan.

avam m or n (feminine singular avamă, masculine plural avami, feminine/neuter plural avame)

1. extraordinary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عوام (avâm), from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm).

• IPA^(key): /aˈvam/, (definite accusative) /a.vaːˈmɯ/, (hyperforeign) /aːˈvam/

avam (definite accusative avamı, plural avamlar)

1. (obsolete) commons, the common people

• “avam”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “avam”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı