وحشی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَحْشِيّ (waḥšiyy, “wild, beastly”). By surface analysis, وحش (vahş, “wild beast”) + ـی (-î, nisba suffix).
Adjective
وحشی • (vahşî) (feminine وحشیه (vahşiye), comparative دخی وحشی (dahı vahşî), superlative اك وحشی (eñ vahşî))
- (of animals) wild, savage, fierce, ferocious, marked by extreme and violent energy or behavior
- Synonym: آزولو (azulu, azılı)
Derived terms
- وحشیانه (vahşiâne, “wildly, fiercely”)
- وحشیت (vahşiyet, “savagery, ferocity”)
- وحشیلك (vahşîlik, “savagery, ferocity”)
Descendants
- Turkish: vahşi
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “vahşi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5081
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “vahşî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1363
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وحشی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1305
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ferus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 567
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “وحشی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 5346
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vahşi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وحشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2130
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَحْشِيّ (waḥšiyy). Equivalent to وحش (vahš) + ـی (-i).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /wah.ˈʃiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wäɦ.ʃiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [væɦ.ʃiː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [väɦ.ʃi]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | wahšī |
| Dari reading? | wahšī |
| Iranian reading? | vahši |
| Tajik reading? | vahši |
Adjective
وحشی • (vahši) (comparative وحشیتَر, superlative وحشیتَرین)
Synonyms
- بدرام (badrâm)