tıkalı

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طیقه‌لی, equivalent to tıka- (“to clog, to obstruct”) +‎ -lı (with). The reason why -lı, which ordinarily suffixes to nouns, comes after a verb is unknown.

• IPA^(key): /tɯ.kaˈɫɯ/

tıkalı

1. clogged, plugged, obstructed, stopped up

   Trafik tıkalı, geç kalacağım.

   Traffic is jammed, I'm going to be late.

• “tıkalı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “tıkalı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tıkalı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4800
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tıkalı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük