Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حاضر جواب (hazır cevab),[1][2] from Arabic حَاضِر (ḥāḍir) and جَوَاب (jawāb), equivalent to hazır (ready, prepared) +‎ cevap (answer, reply).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /haˈzɯɾ.d͡ʒe.vap/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧zır‧ce‧vap

Adjective edit

hazırcevap

  1. (idiomatic, of a person) witty, quickwitted, quick to make an appropriate remark or comeback

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حاضر جواب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 492
  2. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “حاضر جواب”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 563

Further reading edit