dâhi

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See also: dahi and d'ahi

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish داهی, from Arabic دَاهٍ (dāhin, “smart, cunning, resourceful”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dɑːˈhi/
  • Hyphenation: da‧hi
  • Rhymes: -hi

Adjective[edit]

dâhi

  1. genius

Noun[edit]

dâhi (definite accusative dâhiyi, plural dâhiler)

  1. genius

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dahi2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “داهی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 886
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “دهی”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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