ذكی

See also: ذكي and ذکی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• զէքի (zeki) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy).

Adjective

ذكی • (zeki) (plural اذكیا (ezkiya))

1. smart, intelligent
2. fragrant, pungent

Related terms

• ذكا (zekâ, “intelligence”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: zeki

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2017) “zeki¹”, in Ötüken Osmanlı Türkçesi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, →ISBN, page 5450a
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zekî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1415a
• Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “ذكی”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 372a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 605a
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “զէքի”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎^[3], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 151b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ذكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 948a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “ذكی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 649a