شرقی

See also: شرقي and شرفي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Unclear; according to Nishanyan, it may have evolved from the same root of چاغرمق (çağırmak, to call out, shout), with a change of initial consonant /ç/ > /ş/.

Noun

شرقی • (şarkı) (definite accusative شرقیی (şarkıyı), plural شرقیلر (şarkılar))

  1. song, tune, a musical composition with lyrics for voice, performed by singing
    Synonyms: آهنك (aheng), اغنیه (uğniye), ایر (ır), سرود (surud)
Derived terms
  • آغر شرقی (ağır şarkı, a tune low in pitch)
  • شرقی سویلمك (şarkı söylemek, to sing a song)
  • شرقی كتابی (şarkı kitabı, songbook)
  • شرقیجی (şarkıcı, singer)
  • وطن شرقیسی (vatan şarkısı, national anthem)
Descendants
  • Turkish: şarkı
  • Armenian: շարքի (šarkʻi)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy, eastern, oriental). By surface analysis, شرق (şark, east) +‎ ـی (, nisba suffix).

Adjective

شرقی • (şarkî)

  1. eastern, oriental, of, facing, situated in, or related to the east
    Coordinate terms: جنوبی (cenûbî), شمالی (şimâlî), غربی (garbî)
Derived terms
  • جنوب شرقی (cenûb-ı şarkî, south-east)
  • شرقی پیرنه (Şarkî Pirene, Pyrénées-Orientales)
  • شمال شرقی (şimâl-ı şarkî, north-east)
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy). By surface analysis, شرق (šarq, east) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives). Doublet of شَرجی (šarji).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šarqī
Dari reading? šarqī
Iranian reading? šarġi
Tajik reading? šarqi

Adjective

Dari شرقی
Iranian Persian
Tajik шарқӣ

شرقی • (šarqi)

  1. eastern
    استان آذربایجان شرقیostân-e âzarbâyjân-e šarqiEast Azerbaijan province
  2. Eastern; oriental

Synonyms