چاقی

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See also: حاقي, and خافي

Ottoman Turkish

چاقی

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear; probably related to Persian چاقو (čâqu, knife), even though the direction of interaction between Persian and Turkish is not clear. Alternatively, Nishanyan derives this word from Proto-Turkic *č(i)ak- (to hit, strike, knock), the same root of چاقمق (çakmak, to knock in, nail, strike).

Noun

چاقی (çakı)

  1. penknife, clasp-knife, pocketknife, a small knife whose blades can fold in its handle

Derived terms

  • چاقیجی (çakıcı, maker or seller of penknives)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çakı1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 858
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 16)‎ (in German), volume I, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 174, pages 303–304
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21)‎ (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 174, page 384
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاقی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 462
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çakı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 707

Persian

Noun

چاقی (čâqi)

  1. obesity