zoraki

See also: zorakı

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زوراكی (zorāki),[1][2] from Greek ζοράκι (zoráki),[3] from Persian زور (zôr, force) + Greek -άκι (-áki, diminutive suffix).[4] Alternatively, borrowed from Persian زورکی (zôraki, forcibly),[5] from زور (zôr, force) + ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix) + ـی (-i, adjectival suffix). Compare Azerbaijani zorakı.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzo.ɾaːci/, /ˈzo.ɾa.ci/
  • Hyphenation: zo‧ra‧ki

Adjective

zoraki

  1. done reluctantly, forced, contrived
    Synonyms: gönülsüz, isteksiz

Adverb

zoraki

  1. unwillingly, reluctantly
    Synonyms: gönülsüzce, isteksizce
  • zar zor
  • zor kullanmak
  • zorazor
  • zorlukla
  • zoruna gitmek
  • zorunda olmak

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زوراكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1018
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زوراكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 650
  3. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “زوراكی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 690
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zoraki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  5. Özlük, Doğan (2019) “Türkiye Türkçesinde Farsça Kökenli Kelimeler Dizini [Index of Words of Persian Origin in Turkey Turkish]”, in Türkiye Türkçesinde Farsça kökenli kelimeler [Persian-origin words in Turkey Turkish] (in Turkish), page 26

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