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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Unclear; according to Nishanyan, it may have evolved from the same root of چاغرمق (çağırmak, “to call out, shout”), with a change of initial consonant /ç/ > /ş/.
Noun
شرقی • (şarkı) (definite accusative شرقیی (şarkıyı), plural شرقیلر (şarkılar))
- song, tune, a musical composition with lyrics for voice
- Synonyms: آهنگ (aheng), اغنیه (uğniye), ایر (ır), سرود (surud)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şarkı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4434
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “شرقی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 286b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شرقی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 725
- Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “song”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 533a
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şarkı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شرقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1122
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy, “eastern, oriental”). By surface analysis, شرق (şark, “east”) + ـی (-î, nisba suffix).
Adjective
شرقی • (şarkî)
- eastern, oriental, of, facing, situated in, or related to the east
- Coordinate terms: جنوبی (cenûbî), شمالی (şimâlî), غربی (garbî)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şarki”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4434
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “şarkî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1172
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شرقی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 725
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Orientalis”, 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 1221
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شرقی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2803
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شرقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1122
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy). By surface analysis, شرق (šarq, “east”) + ـی (-i). Doublet of شَرجی (šarji).
Pronunciation
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šarqī
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| Dari reading?
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šarqī
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| Iranian reading?
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šarği
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| Tajik reading?
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šarqi
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Adjective
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شرقی
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шарқӣ
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شرقی • (šarqi)
- eastern
- استان آذربایجان شرقی ― ostân-e âzarbâyjân-e šarqi ― East Azerbaijan province
- Eastern; oriental
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