dalkavuk

Meaning

1. sycophant, lackey
2. (historical) jester

Concepts

minion

sycophant

toady

trimmer

lackey

flunky

baseball player

blandisher

brown noser

bootlicker

groveler

toadeater

arse-kisser

ass-licker

Synonyms

şakşakçı

yaltakçı

pohpohçu

yılışık

yardakçı

yaltak

yağcı

Translations

flatteur

flagorneur

Schleimer

Speichellecker

adulatore

leccapiedi

Schmeichler

Kriecher

lèche-cul

lèche-bottes

fayot

Günstling

adulateur

subalterne

unterwürfig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daɫ.kaˈvuk/

Etymology

A compound with the second element being kavuk (“caouk”), further etymology disputed. Tietze, Ayverdi et al. derive from dal (“naked”) + kavuk (“caouk”). Nişanyan doubts this etymology, and instead suggests a derivation from dal- (“to dive”) + kavuk (“caouk”), referring to the idiom kavuk sallamak.