غازی
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic غَازٍ (ḡāzin), active participle of غَزَا (ḡazā).
Noun edit
غازی • (gazi)
- A Muslim warrior who fights against non-Muslims; a ghazi.
- An honorary title of a successful general.
- A war veteran.
- A type of gold coin.
Descendants edit
- Turkish: gazi
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic غَازِيّ (ḡāziyy), nisba of غَاز (ḡāz, “gas”), or independently so formed by Ottoman غاز (gas).
Adjective edit
غازی • (gazi)
References edit
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “غازی”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 337
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غازی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 867
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غازی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 389