elçi
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Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | ایلچی | |
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Abjad |
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ایلچی (ẹlçi). By surface analysis, el + -çi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]elçi (definite accusative elçini, plural elçilər)
- a person sent to solicit an unmarried woman's hand in marriage in behalf of a close relative
- envoy
- (less common) ambassador
- Synonym: səfir
- representative, delegate
- Synonym: nümayəndə
- messenger, someone who brings good news
- Synonym: müjdəçi
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | elçi | elçilər |
definite accusative | elçini | elçiləri |
dative | elçiyə | elçilərə |
locative | elçidə | elçilərdə |
ablative | elçidən | elçilərdən |
definite genitive | elçinin | elçilərin |
Derived terms
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi, “delegate, envoy; ambassador”), from Old Anatolian Turkish ایلچی (ẹlçi), from Proto-Turkic *ēlči. Equivalent to el + -çi. Cognate with Azerbaijani elçi, Kazakh елші (elşı), Kumyk элчи (elçi), Kyrgyz элчи (elci), Southern Altai элчи (elči), Turkmen ilçi, Uyghur ئەلچى (elchi) and Uzbek elchi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elçi (definite accusative elçiyi, plural elçiler)
- ambassador
- delegate, envoy, legate
- Synonym: delege
- messenger
- elçi göndermek ― to send a messenger
- (law) minister
- (religion) prophet
- (İzmir, Artvin, Kars, Van) a person sent to solicit an unmarried woman's hand in marriage in behalf of a close relative
- Synonym: görücü
- (Isparta, Niğde) someone who delivers gossip between people
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “elçi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “elçi”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “elçi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Eren, Hasan (1999) “elçi”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language][1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
- “elçi”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
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