نازك

See also: نازک

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

According to Nisanyan the transformation of the final vowel from /u/ or /y/ to /i/ occurred in the 13th century. This form is found in nearly all Turkic borrowings of the word including the more Persianized languages such as Uzbek nozik and Azerbaijani nazik. See Persian for the list of borrowings.

Adjective

نازك • (nâzik)

delicate (easily damaged)
thin, slender
clean
polite

Descendants

Turkish: nazik

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نازك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2062
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nazik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük