leylî
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish لیلی (leyli, “nocturnal”), from Arabic لَيْلِيّ (layliyy), from لَيْل (layl, “night”).
Adjective
leylî (archaic)
- nocturnal
- (education) boarder
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “leyli”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لیلی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1648
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN