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• oruspu, orrospu

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رسپی (rospi, rospu, “whore”), اورسپی (orospu), روسپی (ruspi, rospi, rospu), from Persian روسپی (ruspi).

• IPA^(key): /o.ɾosˈpu/, (informal,stressed) /oɾ.ɾosˈpu/
• Hyphenation: o‧ros‧pu

orospu (definite accusative orospuyu, plural orospular)

1. (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) whore, bitch, hoe, slut

   Synonyms: aşüfte, fahişe, kaltak, kancık, kevaşe, sürtük, şıllık, yollu, yosma, motor

   Fazla dekolte elbise giydiğinden arkasından orospu mu diyorlarmıymış, neymiş.

   They were calling her a whore because she kept wearing some low-cut dress, or something like that.

   Ortam orospuluğu yaptığından kimse yanaşmıyordu yanına.

   Nobody was getting close to him because he was whoring around in gatherings.

• “orospu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “orospu”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “orospu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük