ایلچی

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Azerbaijani

Noun

ایلچی (definite accusative ایلچینی, plural ایلچیلر)

  1. Arabic spelling of elçi

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ēlči; cognate with Kazakh елші (elşı), Kumyk элчи (elçi), Kyrgyz элчи (elci), Southern Altai элчи (elči), Turkmen ilçi, Uyghur ئەلچى (elchi) and Uzbek elchi. By surface analysis, ایل (ẹl, “tribe, people, nation”) +‎ ـچی (çı, -çi, occupational suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

ایلچی • (ẹlçi) (definite accusative ایلچیی (ẹlçiyi), plural ایلچیلر (ẹlçiler))

  1. messenger, someone who brings or delivers messages
  2. delegate, legate, envoy, representative, someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body
  3. (religion) prophet; someone believed to have communicated with a divine power and to have brought messages from said power
    Synonyms: رسول (resūl), پیغمبر (peyġember), نبی (nebī), یلواچ (yalvaç)
    تكری‌نك ایلچسی ― teŋrinüŋ ẹlçisi ― prophet/messenger of God

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “elçi”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 253
  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “ilçi”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 366
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “elçi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), volume III, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1967, page 144

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ایلچی (ẹlçi), from Proto-Turkic *ēlči. Cognate with Azerbaijani elçi, Kazakh елші (elşı), Kumyk элчи (elçi), Kyrgyz элчи (elci), Southern Altai элчи (elči), Turkmen ilçi, Uyghur ئەلچى (elchi) and Uzbek elchi. By surface analysis, ایل (il, el, “tribe, people, nation”) +‎ ـجی (cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

ایلچی • (elçi) (definite accusative ایلچیی (elçiyi), plural ایلچیلر (elçiler))

  1. agent, proxy, one who acts in the place of another by that person's authority, someone entrusted to act on behalf of another
    Synonym: وكیل (vekil)
  2. delegate, legate, envoy, representative, someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body
    Synonyms: سفیر (sefir), مبعوث (mebʼus)
  3. ambassador, a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state
    Synonyms: بیوك ایلچی (büyük elçi), سفیر (sefir)

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Descendants

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ایلچی (ēlčī, īlčī), from Chagatai ایلچی (elçi). Compare Turkish elçi (“ambassador”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ایلْچی • (elcī) m (Hindi spelling एलची)

  1. ambassador, emissary, representative, diplomat, envoy
  2. (historical) elchi

References

  • “ایلچی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ایلچی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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