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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish داهی, from Arabic دَاهٍ (dāhin, “smart, cunning, resourceful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑːˈhi/
- Hyphenation: da‧hi
- Rhymes: -hi
Adjective
dâhi
- genius
Noun
dâhi (definite accusative dâhiyi, plural dâhiler)
- genius
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dahi2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “داهی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 886
- Wehr, Hans (1960) “دهی”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN