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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چالی (çalı). Possibly related to çalmak.
Pronunciation
Noun
çalı (definite accusative çalıyı, plural çalılar)
- thorny bush, bramble
- shrub, bush, undergrowth
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çalı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 867
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چالی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 464
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çalı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 709
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN