açık

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See also: acik, acık, açik, and асыҡ

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish آچق (açıḳ)[1] or آچیق (açıḳ),[2] from Proto-Turkic *ačuk (open), from Proto-Turkic *ač- (to open),[3][4] morphologically aç- +‎ -ık.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.ˈt͡ʃɯk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧çık

Adjective

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açık

  1. Open, allowing access, not shut, not closed.
    Antonym: kapalı
    1. (of a road) Unimpeded, unhindered or without traffic jam.
    2. (of a space) Unenclosed, not roofed, outdoor.
  2. (of a store or place of entertainment) Operating, conducting business, in business, accessible to public.
  3. (of a device, machine or lights) Running, working, on.
    Televizyonu kim açık bıraktı?Who left the television on?
  4. Extended, not folded or brought together.
  5. (of sky or weather) Clear, sunny, cloudless.
  6. Exposed, bare, uncovered, unclad.
  7. (of a woman) Not wearing a headscarf.
  8. (of a job position) Unfilled, available, vacant.
  9. Easily understandable, clear, comprehensible.
    Synonym: (colloquial) dobra
  10. Apparent, evident, explicit.
    Synonyms: belli, bariz, belirgin
    Antonyms: meçhul, (archaic) müphem
  11. Not secret, straightforward, undisguised, aboveground.
    Synonym: (dated) aleni
    Antonyms: gizli, saklı
  12. Public, accessible to everyone.
    açık mektupopen letter
    açık büfeopen buffet
  13. (of a color) Light, light-toned, light-colored, pale.
    Antonyms: koyu, (rare) kapalı
    açık mavilight blue
    açık yeşillight green
  14. (of visual or written media) Displaying sexual content; explicit.
    Synonym: müstehcen
  15. Empty, blank.
    açık çekblank check
  16. (with dative) Receptive, tolerant, cooperative, predisposed, complying. (In a sentence it might be expressed as "açık fikirli" or as a standalone component, hence the context will exhibit the given meaning.)
    Yeniliğe açığım, diye tutturdu.She insists that she is open to new ideas.
    • 2020, Sibel K. Türker, Öykü Sersemi (Türk Edebiyatı)‎[3], Can Yayınları, →ISBN:
      Hepinizin çok iyi bildiği üzere, Şiir Mavisi, bir buçuk yıl önce bir “gönüllüler ordusu” tarafından kuruldu. Kuruluş manifestomuzda derginin tamı tamına “yeni” ve açık fikirli bir dergi olduğunu belirtmiştik.
      As you all know very well, Poetry Blue was founded one and a half years ago by an "army of volunteers". In our founding manifesto, we stated that the magazine is a completely “new” and open-minded magazine.

Declension

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Noun

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açık (definite accusative açığı, plural açıklar)

  1. Open space or air.
  2. A deficiency, negative balance; deficit.
  3. (often in plural) The open sea, away from the shore.
    Kınalıada açıklarında sürüklenen tekne kurtarıldı.The ship that was drifting off the shores of Kınalıada was rescued.

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative açık
Definite accusative açığı
Singular Plural
Nominative açık açıklar
Definite accusative açığı açıkları
Dative açığa açıklara
Locative açıkta açıklarda
Ablative açıktan açıklardan
Genitive açığın açıkların

Adverb

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açık

  1. clearly, frankly
  2. evidently, openly

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اچق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 32
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آچیق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 9
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ač”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “açık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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