Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish لیلی (leyli, nocturnal), from Arabic لَيْلِيّ (layliyy), from لَيْل (layl, night).

Adjective

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leylî (archaic)

  1. nocturnal
  2. (education) boarder

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “leyli”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لیلی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1648
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN