تتیز

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *titiz (“unpleasant”),[1] probably from the same root of تترمك (titremek, “to tremble”).

Adjective

تتیز • (titiz)

  1. peevish, cross, petulant, bad-tempered, pettish, irritable, showing anger easily or customarily
    Synonym: خرچین (hırçın)
  2. fastidious, captious, nitpicky, cavilling, finicky, overly critical, concerned with insignificant details

Derived terms

  • تتیز ایتمك (titiz etmek, “to be peevish”)
  • تتیز خسته (titiz hasta, “very ill”)
  • تتیز مزاجلو (titiz mizaclı, “bad temper”)
  • تتیزلك (titizlik, “peevishness”)
  • تتیزلندرمك (titizlendirmek, “to make or let become cross”)
  • تتیزلنمك (titizlenmek, “to be or become cross”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: titiz
  • → Armenian: թիթիզ (tʻitʻiz), թիթիս (tʻitʻis)
  • →⇒ Bulgarian: Тити́зов (Titízov)
  • → Georgian: თითიზი (titizi) — Adjara, Javakheti
  • → Greek: τιτίζης (titízis), τιτίζος (titízos)
  • → Laz: თითიზი (titizi)
  • → Macedonian: титиз (titiz)
  • → Udi: тӏытӏыз (ṭəṭəz)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: титиз, titiz

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “titiz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 462

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