zeki

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ze‧ki

Adjective

zeki

  1. smart, intelligent
    Synonyms: zekiy, zekkiy

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ذكی, from Arabic ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ze.ci/
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ki
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Adjective

zeki

  1. smart, intelligent, clever

Declension

Predicative forms of zeki
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) zekiyim zeki miyim?
sen (you are) zekisin zeki misin?
o (he/she/it is) zeki / zekidir zeki mi?
biz (we are) zekiyiz zeki miyiz?
siz (you are) zekisiniz zeki misiniz?
onlar (they are) zeki(ler) zeki(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) zekiydim zeki miydim?
sen (you were) zekiydin zeki miydin?
o (he/she/it was) zekiydi zeki miydi?
biz (we were) zekiydik zeki miydik?
siz (you were) zekiydiniz zeki miydiniz?
onlar (they were) zekiydiler zeki miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) zekiymişim zeki miymişim?
sen (you were) zekiymişsin zeki miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) zekiymiş zeki miymiş?
biz (we were) zekiymişiz zeki miymişiz?
siz (you were) zekiymişsiniz zeki miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) zekiymişler zeki miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) zekiysem zeki miysem?
sen (if you) zekiysen zeki miysen?
o (if he/she/it) zekiyse zeki miyse?
biz (if we) zekiysek zeki miysek?
siz (if you) zekiyseniz zeki miyseniz?
onlar (if they) zekiyseler zeki miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Further reading

  • zeki”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu