deli
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]deli (plural delis)
- (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
- Delis usually offer a broader, fresher menu than fast food chains.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:
- Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.
- (informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Turkish deli (“mad, insane”), perhaps via Serbo-Croatian dèli (“brave”).[1] Doublet of dalia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deli (comparative delibb, superlative legdelibb)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | deli | delik |
accusative | delit | deliket |
dative | delinek | deliknek |
instrumental | delivel | delikkel |
causal-final | deliért | delikért |
translative | delivé | delikké |
terminative | deliig | delikig |
essive-formal | deliként | delikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | deliben | delikben |
superessive | delin | deliken |
adessive | delinél | deliknél |
illative | delibe | delikbe |
sublative | delire | delikre |
allative | delihez | delikhez |
elative | deliből | delikből |
delative | deliről | delikről |
ablative | delitől | deliktől |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
delié | deliké |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
deliéi | delikéi |
References
[edit]- ^ deli in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
[edit]- deli in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- deli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]deli
- inflection of delir:
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Verb
[edit]deli (Cyrillic spelling дели)
- inflection of deliti:
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]deli c
- a simpler restaurant (selling lighter meals, for examples sandwiches and salads)
- a deli shop or deli section (at a retail store)
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | deli | delis |
definite | delin | delins | |
plural | indefinite | delier | deliers |
definite | delierna | deliernas |
Etymology 2
[edit]Perhaps borrowed from Turkish deli.
Adjective
[edit]deli (comparative mer deli, superlative mest deli)
References
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دلی (deli), from Old Anatolian Turkish دلو (delü), from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe (“mad, crazy”). Doublet of Tilbe. Cognate of Turkmen däli, Azerbaijani dəli, Salar delli, and Tatar тиле (tile).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deli
- crazy, mad, insane
- Synonym: çılgın
- extreme
- whimsical, eccentric, quirky, bizarre, odd, given to quirks or idiosyncrasies, strange in a somewhat silly, manner
- inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthoughtful, not considerate, showing lack of due thought or care for the other people
- rash, foolhardy, reckless, impulsive, precipitate, acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks
Noun
[edit]deli (definite accusative deliyi, plural deliler)
- a crazy person
- a fanatic
- köpek delisi ― a dog fanatic
- (historical) deli, a member of a light cavalry unit within the Ottoman Empire created to act as a shock troop
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- ağzı açık ayran delisi
- deli alacası
- deli arlanmaz, soyu arlanır
- deli bal
- deli balta
- deli bayrağı açmak
- deli dana
- deli deliden hoşlanır, imam ölüden
- deli deliyi görünce çomağını saklar
- deli divane
- deli dolu
- deli duman
- deli etmek
- deli fişek
- deli gömleği
- deli güllabicisi
- deli ırmak
- deli ile çıkma yola, başına getirir bela
- deli kızın çeyzi gibi
- deli mantar
- deli olmak
- deli orman
- deli otu
- deli Raziye
- deli saçması
- delibaş
- deliboynu
- delice
- delice doğan
- deliden al uslu haberi
- deligöz
- delikanlı
- delilik
- delimsirek
- delirmek
- delişmen
- deliye bal tattırmışlar, çarşıda katran bırakmamış
- deliye her gün bayram
- deliye pösteki saydırmak
- deliye taş atma, başını yarar
- ne oldum delisi
- zırdeli
Descendants
[edit]- → Swedish: deli
Further reading
[edit]- “deli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “deli”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “deli”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- “deli”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
Volapük
[edit]Noun
[edit]deli
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdeːli/, /ˈdɛli/
Verb
[edit]deli
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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deli | ddeli | neli | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Verb
[edit]deli
- Soft mutation of teli.
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