Chagatai

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Etymology

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From Common Turkic *kiši (person)

Noun

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كشی (kiši) (plural كشيلار)

  1. person
  2. man

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Descendants

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  • Uyghur: كىشى (kishi)
  • Uzbek: kishi (man, human)

Old Anatolian Turkish

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Etymology

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From Common Turkic *kiši (person).

Noun

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كشی (kiši)

  1. person
    • 13th century, Şeyyad Hamza, Yūsuf u Züleyhā; reprinted in Гузеев, В.Г., editor, Староосманский язык, 1979:
      امدى دكلك سوزومه طوتك قلاق
      بر سوز ايدم كيم شكردن طاتلوراق
      واردى كنعانده بر سرور كشى
      آدى يعقوب كندو پيغامبركشى
      Imdi diŋläŋ sözümä dutuŋ qulaq
      Bir söz äyidäm kim šäkkärdän datluraq
      Vardï Kän'ānda bir särvär kiši
      Adï Ya'qūb gändü peyɣāmbär kiši
      Now listen, turn your ears to my word(s)
      I will tell you word(s) that are tastier than sugar
      There was a master man in Canaan
      His name [was] Jacob, himself [he was] a prophet man.

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Anatolian Turkish كشی (kişi, person), from Common Turkic *kiši (person).

Noun

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كشی (kişi)

  1. person

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Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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كشی (kaśī? (Hindi spelling कशी)

  1. decay