شرقی

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See also: شرقي and شرفي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Unclear; according to Nishanyan, it may have evolved from the same root of چاغرمق (çağırmak, to call out, shout), with a change of initial consonant /ç/ > /ş/.

Noun

شرقی (şarkı) (definite accusative شرقیی (şarkıyı), plural شرقیلر (şarkılar))

  1. song, tune, a musical composition with lyrics for voice
    Synonyms: آهنگ (aheng), اغنیه (uğniye), ایر (ır), سرود (surud)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: şarkı
  • Armenian: շարքի (šarkʻi)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy, eastern, oriental). By surface analysis, شرق (şark, east) +‎ ـی (, nisba suffix).

Adjective

شرقی (şarkî)

  1. eastern, oriental, of, facing, situated in, or related to the east
    Coordinate terms: جنوبی (cenûbî), شمالی (şimâlî), غربی (garbî)
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Descendants

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy). By surface analysis, شرق (šarq, east) +‎ ـی (-i). Doublet of شَرجی (šarji).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šarqī
Dari reading? šarqī
Iranian reading? šarği
Tajik reading? šarqi

Adjective

Dari شرقی
Iranian Persian
Tajik шарқӣ

شرقی (šarqi)

  1. eastern
    استان آذربایجان شرقیostân-e âzarbâyjân-e šarqiEast Azerbaijan province
  2. Eastern; oriental

Synonyms