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تتیز

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *titiz (unpleasant),[1] probably from the same root of تترمك (titremek, to tremble).

Adjective

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تتیز (titiz)

  1. peevish, cross, petulant, bad-tempered, pettish, irritable, showing anger easily or customarily
    Synonym: خرچین (hırçın)
  2. fastidious, captious, nitpicky, cavilling, finicky, overly critical, concerned with insignificant details

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “titiz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 462

Further reading

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