gazi

gazi (plural gazis)

1. Alternative form of ghazi.

• Giza

gazi

1. inflection of gaz:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

From Proto-Basque *gazi, from *gatz (“salt”) +‎ *-i.

• Hyphenation: ga‧zi

gazi (comparative gaziago, superlative gazien, excessive gaziegi)

1. salty
2. sour, acid
3. (figurative) dirty, coarse

• “gazi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “gazi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

gazi

1. inflection of gazare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• ziga

From a Nguni language; compare Zulu igazi.

gazí class 5

1. blood

   Synonym: ropa

Inherited from Common Bantu *-gádí.

• IPA^(key): /ɡázi/

-gazi (declinable)

1. wide

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 365–366
• Entry 8954 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غازی, from Classical Persian غازی (ġāzī), from Arabic غَازٍ (ḡāzin).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈzi/, [ɡɑ̈ː.z̪ɪ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧zi

gazi (definite accusative gaziyi, plural gaziler)

1. war veteran

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