Ottoman Turkish

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تلكی

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Anatolian Turkish دلكو (dilkü, fox), itself from Proto-Turkic *tülki, *tilkü (fox); cognate with Azerbaijani tülkü, Bashkir төлкө (tölkö), Chuvash тилӗ (tilĕ), Kazakh түлкі (tülkı), Kyrgyz түлкү (tülkü), Turkmen tilki, Uyghur تۈلكە (tülke) and Uzbek tulki.

Noun

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تلكی (tilki)

  1. fox, any of various canids in the genus Vulpes
    Synonyms: ثعلب (seʿleb), روباه (rubah)
  2. (figurative) fox, a sly and cunning person

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: tilki
  • Armenian: թիլքի (tʻilkʻi)

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