dəli

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		дәли
Abjad		دلی

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tēlbe (“mad, stupid”). Cognate with Turkish deli, Uzbek telba, Turkmen däli and telbe, Southern Altai тели (teli), Tatar тилбә (tilbä, “foolish person”), Chuvash тилӗр (tilĕr, “become enraged”) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dæˈli]

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• Hyphenation: də‧li

Adjective

dəli

1. crazy, mad

   Synonyms: gic, divanə, məcnun

Derived terms

• dəlixana (“madhouse”)
• dəlibəng (“datura”)

Descendants

• → Lezgi: дели (deli)