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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَوِيّ (sawiyy, “equal, even”).
Adjective
سوی • (seviy)
- equal, uniform, equable, without variations or changes
- Synonym: دنك (denk)
- even, level, flat, having the same height at all places
- Synonyms: دوز (düz), طوغری (doğrı)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “seviy”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4176
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “seviyy”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1134
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سوی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 703
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سوی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2716
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1095
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian swk' (sōg, “side, direction”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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sōy
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Dari reading?
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sūy
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Iranian reading?
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suy
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Tajik reading?
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süy
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Noun
سوی • (suy)
- side
- direction
- path
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