saik

See also: säik

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سائق (saik), from Arabic سَائِق (sāʔiq), active participle of سَاقَ (sāqa).

Noun

saik (definite accusative saiki, plural saikler)

1. motive, reason, factor; driving force

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سائق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 661
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “saik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 975