dâhi
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish داهی, from Arabic دَاهٍ (dāhin, “smart, cunning, resourceful”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dâhi
Noun edit
dâhi (definite accusative dâhiyi, plural dâhiler)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dahi2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “داهی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 886
- Wehr, Hans (1960) “دهی”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN