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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Old Anatolian Turkish (geŋiš), from Common Turkic *keŋ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: ge‧niş
Adjective
geniş (comparative daha geniş, superlative ən geniş)
- wide, broad
- Antonym: dar
- geniş müzakirə ― broad discussion
- geniş oxuyucu kütləsi ― wide circle of readers
- geniş bilgilər ― wide knowledge
- geniş şəbəkə ― a wide network
- geniş yayılan/yayılmış ― widespread
Derived terms
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish گݣیش (geñiş, “wide, ample, spacious”), itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄ŋiĺ,[1] itself derived from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄ŋ,[2] whence genleşmek and dialectal gen.
Cognate with Azerbaijani geniş, Turkmen giň, Uzbek keng, Bashkir киң (kiñ), Yakut киэҥ (kieñ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
geniş[3][4]
- wide
- Antonym: dar
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “geniş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ké:ŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 724-725
- ^ “geniş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “geniş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1682