كی
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- گی (gey)
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ked, *ged (“very, extremely”).
Adjective
كی • (key)
- large, great
Adverb
كی • (key)
- properly, completely
- very, many
- 14th ce., Hoca Mesud, Süheyl ü Nevbahar:
- سزرون که گلمدگینك اوجی بو طورور ایچهمزکی اوكوش سوجی
- Sézerven ki gelmedüginüŋ ucı - Bu durur içemez key öküş süci
- I assume the reason why he didn’t come is that he can not drink a lot of wine.
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Determiner
كی • (key)
- quite a few, a fair number of
Synonyms
- پك (pek)
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1608