boş

Meaning

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

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈboʃ/

Etymology

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

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Sentences

Boş bir
1

delikten ibaret olan kapının iki
2

ayak merdivenini çıkarak içeri girdiler .

They climbed the two foot stairs of the door, which consisted of an empty hole, and entered.

Küçük Haşan eve eli boş dönmektense akşam
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trenine kadar beklemeye karar verdi .

Little Hasan decided to wait until the evening train instead of going home empty-handed.

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