tetkik

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تدقیق (tedkik, “comminution”), from Arabic تَدْقِيق (tadqīq), from the root د ق ق (d-q-q) related to small pieces or particles. Compare Azerbaijani tədqiq. The original sense of beating into slender form or grinding into fine particles is obsolete.

Noun

tetkik (definite accusative tetkiki, plural tetkikler)

1. examining; close investigation, scrutiny

Derived terms

• tetkikat (Arabic plural)

Related terms

• dikkat

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tetkik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تدقیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 521
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN