كدی
See also: کدی and كدى
Ottoman Turkish
كدی
Etymology
Probably from Byzantine Greek γατί (gatí, “kitten”), but see note at Old Armenian կատու (katu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cɛˈdi/
Noun
كدی • (kedi) (definite accusative كدییی (kediyi), plural كدیلر (kediler))
Derived terms
- آنقره كدیسی (Ankara kedisi, “Angora cat”)
- بوز كدی (boz kedi, “tabby cat”)
- تكیر كدی (tekir kedi, “tortoise-shell cat”)
- طاغ كدیسی (dağ kedisi, “jungle cat, chaus”)
- كدی اوتی (kedi otu, “valerian”)
- كدی بالغی (kedi balığı, “ray”)
- كدی كوركی (kedi kürkü, “catskin fur”)
- كول كدیسی (kül kedisi, “lazy fellow”)
- مسك كدیسی (misk kedisi, “civet cat”)
- یابان كدیسی (yaban kedisi, “wild cat”)
Descendants
- Turkish: kedi
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kedi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2517
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كدی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 385b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كدی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1017
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Felis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 560
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كدی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3893
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kedi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كدی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1531
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