كدی

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See also: کدی and كدى

Ottoman Turkish

كدی

Etymology

Probably from Byzantine Greek γατί (gatí, “kitten”), but see note at Old Armenian կատու (katu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /cɛˈdi/

Noun

كدی • (kedi) (definite accusative كدی‌یی (kediyi), plural كدیلر (kediler))

cat, a common house pet (Felis catus)
Synonyms: پسك (pisik), قط (kitt), گربه (gürbe), هر (hirr)

Derived terms

آنقره كدیسی (Ankara kedisi, “Angora cat”)
بوز كدی (boz kedi, “tabby cat”)
تكیر كدی (tekir kedi, “tortoise-shell cat”)
طاغ كدیسی (dağ kedisi, “jungle cat, chaus”)
كدی اوتی (kedi otu, “valerian”)
كدی بالغی (kedi balığı, “ray”)
كدی كوركی (kedi kürkü, “catskin fur”)
كول كدیسی (kül kedisi, “lazy fellow”)
مسك كدیسی (misk kedisi, “civet cat”)
یابان كدیسی (yaban kedisi, “wild cat”)

Descendants

Turkish: kedi

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kedi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2517
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كدی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 385b
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كدی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1017
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Felis”, 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 560
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كدی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3893
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kedi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كدی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1531

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