çalı

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cali"

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چالی (çalı). Possibly related to çalmak.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɫɯ
• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑˈɫ̪ɯ]

Noun

çalı (definite accusative çalıyı, plural çalılar)

1. thorny bush, bramble
2. shrub, bush, undergrowth

Derived terms

• çalılık (“thicket”)

Descendants

• → Ladino: chalí

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çalı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 867
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چالی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 464
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çalı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 709
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN