Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic فَائِق (fāʔiq), active participle of فَاقَ (fāqa).

Adjective

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فائق (faik)

  1. superior
  2. excellent

Descendants

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  • Turkish: faik

Further reading

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “faik”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فائق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 885a