irticai
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ارتجاعی (irticâ'), from Arabic اِرْتِجَاعِيّ (irtijāʕiyy). By surface analysis, irtica (“reaction”) + -i (nisba suffix).
Adjective
irticai
- reactionary
- Synonym: gerici
Further reading
- “irticai”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “irticai”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı