tetkik
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تدقیق (tedkik, “comminution”), from Arabic تَدْقِيق (tadqīq), from the root د ق ق (d-q-q) related to small pieces or particles. Compare Azerbaijani tədqiq. The original sense of beating into slender form or grinding into fine particles is obsolete.
Noun
tetkik (definite accusative tetkiki, plural tetkikler)
- examining; close investigation, scrutiny
Derived terms
- tetkikat (Arabic plural)
Related terms
- dikkat
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tetkik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تدقیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 521
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN