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deli

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See also: délì, délǐ, Délǐ, déli, dēli, déłí, dęli, děli, dělí, Deli, Déli, and dəli

English

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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deli (plural delis)

  1. (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.
  2. (informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkish deli (“mad, insane”), perhaps via Serbo-Croatian dèli (“brave”).[1] Doublet of dalia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛli]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Adjective

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deli (comparative delibb, superlative legdelibb)

  1. (rare, literary) stalwart, athletic (figure), well-built (person)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
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

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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

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Verb

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deli

  1. inflection of delir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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deli (Cyrillic spelling дели)

  1. inflection of deliti:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English deli.

Noun

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deli c

  1. a simpler restaurant (selling lighter meals, for examples sandwiches and salads)
  2. a deli shop or deli section (at a retail store)
Declension
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Declension of deli
nominative genitive
singular indefinite deli delis
definite delin delins
plural indefinite delier deliers
definite delierna deliernas

Etymology 2

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Perhaps borrowed from Turkish deli.

Adjective

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deli (comparative mer deli, superlative mest deli)

  1. (slang) stupid, retarded

References

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Turkish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /deˈli/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: de‧li

Adjective

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deli

  1. crazy, mad, insane
    Synonym: çılgın
  2. extreme
    Synonyms: azgın, ölçüsüz
  3. whimsical, eccentric, quirky, bizarre, odd, given to quirks or idiosyncrasies, strange in a somewhat silly, manner
  4. inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthoughtful, not considerate, showing lack of due thought or care for the other people
  5. rash, foolhardy, reckless, impulsive, precipitate, acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks

Noun

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deli (definite accusative deliyi, plural deliler)

  1. a crazy person
    Synonyms: çatlak, çılgın
  2. a fanatic
    köpek delisi ― a dog fanatic
  3. (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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Declension of deli
singular plural
nominative deli deliler
definite accusative deliyi delileri
dative deliye delilere
locative delide delilerde
ablative deliden delilerden
genitive delinin delilerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular delim delilerim
2nd singular delin delilerin
3rd singular delisi delileri
1st plural delimiz delilerimiz
2nd plural deliniz delileriniz
3rd plural delileri delileri
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular delimi delilerimi
2nd singular delini delilerini
3rd singular delisini delilerini
1st plural delimizi delilerimizi
2nd plural delinizi delilerinizi
3rd plural delilerini delilerini
dative
singular plural
1st singular delime delilerime
2nd singular deline delilerine
3rd singular delisine delilerine
1st plural delimize delilerimize
2nd plural delinize delilerinize
3rd plural delilerine delilerine
locative
singular plural
1st singular delimde delilerimde
2nd singular delinde delilerinde
3rd singular delisinde delilerinde
1st plural delimizde delilerimizde
2nd plural delinizde delilerinizde
3rd plural delilerinde delilerinde
ablative
singular plural
1st singular delimden delilerimden
2nd singular delinden delilerinden
3rd singular delisinden delilerinden
1st plural delimizden delilerimizden
2nd plural delinizden delilerinizden
3rd plural delilerinden delilerinden
genitive
singular plural
1st singular delimin delilerimin
2nd singular delinin delilerinin
3rd singular delisinin delilerinin
1st plural delimizin delilerimizin
2nd plural delinizin delilerinizin
3rd plural delilerinin delilerinin
Predicative forms
singular plural
1st singular deliyim delilerim
2nd singular delisin delilersin
3rd singular deli
delidir 		deliler
delilerdir
1st plural deliyiz delileriz
2nd plural delisiniz delilersiniz
3rd plural deliler delilerdir

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Swedish: deli

Further reading

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  • “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

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Noun

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deli

  1. accusative singular of del

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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deli

  1. second-person singular present indicative/future of dal

Mutation

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Mutated forms of deli
radical soft nasal aspirate
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

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deli

  1. Soft mutation of teli.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of teli
radical soft nasal aspirate
teli deli nheli theli

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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