aval aval

== Turkish == === Etymology === Reduplication of aval, of unknown origin, possibly deteriorated from avanak (regional forms; avalak, avalah, avak), which is from Armenian ավանակ (avanak, “donkey”), but this is not certain. Another possible origin could be the Arabic word أَحْوَل ('ahwal') meaning 'cross-eyed' or 'squint-eyed'. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈvaɫ.a.vaɫ/ Hyphenation: a‧val‧a‧val === Adverb === aval aval (slang, generally for looking or staring) stupidly, emptily, like a stuck pig Synonyms: aptal aptal, bön bön ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === “aval aval”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “aval aval”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 357