çiy

From Proto-Common Turkic *čïg, *čïg-ïk (“wet, soaking, moist; dew; moisture; raw”). Cognate with Turkish çiğ (“raw”) and Turkish çiy (“dew”), Yakut сиик (siik, “dampness, moisture”), etc.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃij], [t͡sij]

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çiy (comparative daha çiy, superlative ən çiy)

1. raw, uncooked

   Synonym: xam

2. (figurative) lackluster, lusterless
3. (figurative) sleepy (voice)
4. (figurative) inappropriate

From Ottoman Turkish چیك (çiy), from Proto-Turkic *čïg (“wet, moist; dew; raw”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (či, “wetness, moisture”). Doublet of çiğ.

çiy (definite accusative çiyi, plural çiyler)

1. dew

• şebnem

• çiy noktası

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çiy”, in Nişanyan Sözlük