uyanık

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اویانق (uyanıḳ, awake, vigilant, wary, sharp, smart),[1] from Ottoman Turkish اویانمق (uyanmaḳ, to awake), from Proto-Turkic *odun- (to awake),[2] morphologically uyan- + -ık.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.jaˈnɯk/
  • Hyphenation: u‧ya‧nık
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Adjective

uyanık

  1. Not sleeping; awake, awoken from sleep.
    Synonym: (obsolete) bidar
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Smart, cunning, sly, clever.
    Synonyms: açıkgöz, kurnaz, cingöz
  3. (figuratively, by extension) Attentive, vigilant, watchful.
    Synonyms: dikkatli, tetikte, (archaic) müteyakkız
  4. (figuratively, by extension) Someone who is no longer ignorant; knowledgeable, informed, educated.
    Synonym: bilgili

Declension

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اویانق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 273
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uyan-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • uyanık”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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