kargı

See also: kargi and Kargı

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قارغی (kargı, “pike, javelin”), from Proto-Turkic *kargu (“long reed”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qarğı and Turkmen gargy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈɡɯ/
• Hyphenation: kar‧gı

Noun

kargı (definite accusative kargıyı, plural kargılar)

1. pike, javelin, dart, a long spear with a pointed tip made of iron used as a weapon

   Coordinate term: mızrak

2. (fishing) sort of iron hook used to catch large fish in fishgarths or fishing grounds
3. synonym of kamış (“reed”)

Declension

Declension of kargı

	singular	plural
nominative	kargı	kargılar
definite accusative	kargıyı	kargıları
dative	kargıya	kargılara
locative	kargıda	kargılarda
ablative	kargıdan	kargılardan
genitive	kargının	kargıların

Derived terms

• kargı dalı
• kargılamak
• kargılık

Further reading

• “kargı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kargı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kargı1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2432
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kargı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük