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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قاتی (katı),[1] from Proto-Turkic *katïg.[2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈtɯ/
- Hyphenation: ka‧tı
Adjective
katı
- rigid, hard, tough
- (figuratively) strict (exact; accurate; precise; governed or governing by exact rules)
- (chemistry) solid (in the solid state)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1407
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “katığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 597
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kạt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “katı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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