چاپلوس

čāplúsc̱ẖāp-lūsChaplos

Other spellingsچاپَلوس

چاپلوسnounmasculine

toady, flatterer, lickspittle

Meanings

  1. toady, flatterer; lickspittle
  2. flatterer
  3. toady
  4. A flatterer, a wheedler, a fawner. چاپلوسه c̱ẖāp-lūsaʿh
  5. Adj over praising, complimenting, eulogizing, adulating, lauding, flatterer, wheedler, fawner, toady, lickspittle, Adj flatterer

Forms

plural
چاپلوسانc̱ẖāp-lūsān
Translations (4)
German
Kriecher · Schmeichler
French
flagorneur, euse · flatteur, euse · lèche-bottes · léche-cul · lèche-cul · enjôleur, euse
Dutch
mooiprater
Russian
подхалим, льстец · подлиза.

Etymology: Persian

چاپلوسadjectivemasculine

flatterer, flatter, flattering, complimentary

Meanings

  1. flatterer
  2. flatterer, flatter
  3. flattering, complimentary
  4. censer, incense burner used in religious ceremonies
  5. bearer, plant or tree which produces fruit
  6. adulator, toady, groveller, sycophant
  7. fawning, sycophantic, smarmy, one who is excessively devoted
  8. Flattering, sycophantic, fulsome, etc. See p. 350

Pashto definitions

  1. غوړه مال، خوشامندګر، بوټ پاک، متملق
  2. غوړه مال، متملق، خوشامندګر، بوټ پاک.

Forms

feminine
چاپلوسهc̱ẖāp-lūsaʿh
Translations (2)
German
Lobhudler m., Speichellecker f. · Lobhudler (der) · Speichellecker (die)
French
flatteur (m.) · encenseur (m.) · flagorneur (m.) · adulateur (m.). · flatteur · encenseur · flagorneur · adulateur