açık

Old Anatolian Turkish آچُقْ (açuq), آچِقْ (açıq), from Proto-Turkic *ačuk, from Proto-Turkic *ač-. By surface analysis, aç- (“to open”) +‎ -ık. Compare Turkish açık, Azerbaijani açıq.

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈt͡ʃɯk/
• Hyphenation: a‧çık

açık (comparative taa açık, superlative en açık)

1. open (not closed)

   kapu açık, zerä kapamadın!

   the door is open since you didn't close it!

2. public
3. open, bare (not covered)
4. direct, frank, honest
5. (color) bright, light

   açık maavi

   light blue

6. (water, weather ot sky) clear, clean, transparent
7. transparent, visible, evident

• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 9
• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 9

From Ottoman Turkish آچق (açıḳ)^[1] or آچیق (açıḳ),^[2] from Proto-Turkic *ačuk (“open”), from Proto-Turkic *ač- (“to open”),^[3][4] morphologically aç- +‎ -ık.

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈt͡ʃɯk/

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• Hyphenation: a‧çık

açık (intensive apaçık)

1. Open, allowing access, not shut, not closed.

   Antonym: kapalı

   1. (of a road) Unimpeded, unhindered or without traffic jam.
   2. (of a space) Unenclosed, not roofed, outdoor.
2. (of a store or place of entertainment) Operating, conducting business, in business, accessible to public.
3. (of a device, machine or lights) Running, working, on.

   Televizyonu kim açık bıraktı? ― Who left the television on?

4. Extended, not folded or brought together.
5. (of sky or weather) Clear, sunny, cloudless.
6. Exposed, bare, uncovered, unclad.
7. (of a woman) Not wearing a headscarf.

   Antonym: kapalı

8. (of a job position) Unfilled, available, vacant.
9. Easily understandable, clear, comprehensible.

   Synonym: (colloquial) dobra

10. Apparent, evident, explicit.

    Synonyms: belli, bariz, belirgin

    Antonyms: meçhul, (archaic) müphem

11. Not secret, straightforward, undisguised, aboveground.

    Synonym: (dated) aleni

    Antonyms: gizli, saklı

12. Public, accessible to everyone.

    açık mektup ― open letter

    açık büfe ― open buffet

13. (of a color) Light, light-toned, light-colored, pale.

    Antonyms: koyu, (rare) kapalı

    açık mavi ― light blue

    açık yeşil ― light green

14. (of visual or written media) Displaying sexual content; explicit.

    Synonym: müstehcen

15. Empty, blank.

    açık çek ― blank check

16. (with dative) Receptive, tolerant, cooperative, predisposed, complying. (In a sentence it might be expressed as "açık fikirli" or as a standalone component, hence the context will exhibit the given meaning.)

    Yeniliğe açığım, diye tutturdu. ― She insists that she is open to new ideas.

    • 2020, Sibel K. Türker, Öykü Sersemi (Türk Edebiyatı)‎^[3], Can Yayınları, →ISBN:

      Hepinizin çok iyi bildiği üzere, Şiir Mavisi, bir buçuk yıl önce bir “gönüllüler ordusu” tarafından kuruldu. Kuruluş manifestomuzda derginin tamı tamına “yeni” ve açık fikirli bir dergi olduğunu belirtmiştik.

      As you all know very well, Poetry Blue was founded one and a half years ago by an "army of volunteers". In our founding manifesto, we stated that the magazine is a completely “new” and open-minded magazine.

açık (definite accusative açığı, plural açıklar)

1. Open space or air.
2. A deficiency, negative balance; deficit.
3. (often in plural) The open sea, away from the shore.

   Kınalıada açıklarında sürüklenen tekne kurtarıldı. ― The ship that was drifting off the shores of Kınalıada was rescued.

açık

1. clearly, frankly
2. evidently, openly

• “açık”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “açık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 98