ایتی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • ایتیك (itik), ییتی (yiti)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yitig (“sharp”), a development of *yiti- (“to sharpen”).[1]

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani iti, Shor чидиг, Southern Altai јидӱ (ǰidü), Tuvan чидиг (çidig) and Yakut сытыы (sïtïï).

Adjective

ایتی • (iti)

  1. sharp, keen, razor-sharp
    Synonyms: تیز (tiz), صارم (sârim), قاطع (katiʼ), كسكین (keskin)
  2. pungent, acrid, strong
    Synonyms: تیز (tiz), حریف (hirrif), كسكین (keskin)
  3. acrimonious, bitter, acid

Derived terms

  • ایتیلك (itilik, “sharpness, keenness”)
  • ایتیله‌مك (itilemek, “to sharpen, whet”)
  • ایتیمك (itimek, “to be or become sharp”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: iti

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “yitiġ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 889

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