zoraki
See also: zorakı
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زوراكی (zorāki),[1][2] from Greek ζοράκι (zoráki),[3] from Persian زور (zôr, “force”) + Greek -άκι (-áki, diminutive suffix).[4] Alternatively, borrowed from Persian زورکی (zôraki, “forcibly”),[5] from زور (zôr, “force”) + ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix) + ـی (-i, adjectival suffix). Compare Azerbaijani zorakı.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]zoraki
- done reluctantly, forced, contrived
Adverb
[edit]zoraki
- unwillingly, reluctantly
- Synonyms: gönülsüzce, isteksizce
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زوراكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1018
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زوراكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 650
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “زوراكی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 690
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zoraki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Özlük, Doğan (2019) “Türkiye Türkçesinde Farsça Kökenli Kelimeler Dizini [Index of Persian-origin words in Turkey Turkish]”, in Türkiye Türkçesinde Farsça kökenli kelimeler [Persian-origin words in Turkey Turkish][3] (in Turkish), page 26
Further reading
[edit]- “zoraki”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zoraki”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5497