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boş

Pronunciation: /ˈboʃ/

“boş” is a Turkish word. Its 9 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. empty, unoccupied, blank
  2. open, vacant
  3. available, free
  4. used, empty
  5. meaningless, pointless
  6. ignorant, unskilled, unqualified
  7. useless, pointless, in vain, no-good

adverb

  1. unprepared, off guard

noun

  1. nonsense

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş), from Proto-Turkic *boĺ (“empty”).

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