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

   Synonyms: آهنگ (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

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şarkı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4434
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “شرقی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 286b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شرقی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 725
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “song”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 533a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şarkı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شرقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1122

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy, “eastern, oriental”). By surface analysis, شرق (şark, “east”) +‎ ـی (-î, 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

• Turkish: şarki
• → Crimean Tatar: şarqiy
• → Albanian: shalqi, sharqi

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şarki”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4434
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “şarkî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[4] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1172
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شرقی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5], Constantinople: Mihran, page 725
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Orientalis”, 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^[6], Vienna, column 1221
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شرقی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[7], Vienna, column 2803
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شرقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1122

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃaɾ.ˈqiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.qíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.qíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.qíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.qí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæɹ.ɢíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäɾ.qí]

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

Adjective

Dari	شرقی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шарқӣ

شرقی • (šarqi)

1. eastern

   استان آذربایجان شرقی ― ostân-e âzarbâyjân-e šarqi ― East Azerbaijan province

2. Eastern; oriental

Synonyms

• مشرقی (mašreqi)