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saik

See also: säik

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish سائق (saik), from Arabic سَائِق (sāʔiq), active participle of سَاقَ (sāqa).

Noun edit

saik (definite accusative saiki, plural saikler)

  1. motive, reason, factor; driving force

References edit

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سائق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 661
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “saik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 975
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