ayık

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آیق or آییق (ayıḳ), from Proto-Turkic *aduk, from *ad- (to sober up), with *-uk (participle suffix), equivalent to ay- (to sober up) +‎ -ık (participle suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈjɯk/
  • Hyphenation: a‧yık

Adjective

ayık

  1. sober, sobered up, not under the influence
  2. (regional) vigilant, clever

Declension

Adverb

ayık

  1. In a sober state, not under the influence.

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 300
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آییق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 44
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ād-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ayık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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