Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kadgu (sorrow).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani qayğı, Uzbek qaygʻu, Chuvash хуйхӑ (hujh̬ă, grief, sorrow).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaj.ɡɯ/
  • Hyphenation: kay‧gı

Noun

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kaygı (definite accusative kaygıyı, plural kaygılar)

  1. worry, concern, anxiety, solicitude

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative kaygı
Definite accusative kaygıyı
Singular Plural
Nominative kaygı kaygılar
Definite accusative kaygıyı kaygıları
Dative kaygıya kaygılara
Locative kaygıda kaygılarda
Ablative kaygıdan kaygılardan
Genitive kaygının kaygıların

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kadgu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Yami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 会議 (kaigi, meeting, conference).

Noun

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kaygı

  1. meeting, conference