ساقی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سَاقٍ (sāqin).

Noun

ساقی • (saki) (feminine ساقیه (sakiye), plural سقات (sukat))

cupbearer
distributor of water
Synonym: صوجی (sucu)
(Sufism) spiritual guide

Related terms

ساقینامه (sakiname, “ode to a cupbearer”)

Descendants

Turkish: saki

Further reading

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “saki”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ساقی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 659a
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1029

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saː.ˈqiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.qíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.qíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.qí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.ʁíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.qí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sāqī
Dari reading^?	sāqī
Iranian reading^?	sâġi
Tajik reading^?	soqi

Noun


Iranian Persian	ساقی
Dari	ساقی
Tajik	соқӣ

ساقی • (sâqi)

cupbearer
(colloquial, Iran) drug dealer
Synonyms: موادفروش (mavâd-foruš), فروشنده مواد مخدر (forušande-ye mavâdd-e moxadder)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (sāqī), from Arabic سَاقٍ (sāqin).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː.qiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: سَا‧قِی

Noun

سَاقِی • (sāqī) m (feminine ساقِیا (sāqiyā), Hindi spelling साक़ी)

Further reading

More information

“ساقی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“ساقی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ساقی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 364
Platts, John T. (1884) “ساقی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 625
S. W. Fallon (1879) “ساقی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 738