saik

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish سائق (saik), from Arabic سَائِق (sāʔiq), active participle of سَاقَ (sāqa).

Noun[edit]

saik (definite accusative saiki, plural saikler)

  1. motive, reason, factor; driving force

References[edit]

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سائق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 661
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “saik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 975
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