دیك

دیك

See also: ديك‎, دیگ‎, and دیڭ‎

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• دك‎ (dik)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dik-.

Adjective

دیك • (dik)

1. steep, perpendicular, upright
2. stiff, fixed
3. unyielding, uncompromising

Adverb

دیك • (dik)

1. upright, on end
2. in a fixed fashion, penetratingly

Descendants

• Turkish: dik
• → Armenian: դիք (dikʿ)

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “دیك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 2214–2215