sağdıç
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Nominalized compound of sağ (“right side”) + dıç (“equal, opposite side”). Cognate with Azerbaijani sağdış (“best man”), Kipchak [script needed] (sagtuč), Old Uyghur 𐽻𐽰𐽲𐽸𐽶𐽽 (sagdïč, “close friend, companion, young follower”).
First part of the compound, sağ, originally meant "healthy, sound", as is reflected on the Old Uyghur cognate and the senses 2 and 3 of the Turkish word (see Proto-Turkic *sag (“healthy”) for more.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sağdıç (definite accusative sağdıçı, plural sağdıçlar)
- best man, a man guiding the bridegroom during marriage
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sağdıç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük