كدی

See also: کدی and كدى

Ottoman Turkish

كدی

Etymology

Probably from Byzantine Greek γατί (gatí, “kitten”), but see note at Old Armenian կատու (katu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɛˈdi/

Noun

كدی • (kedi) (definite accusative كدی‌یی (kediyi), plural كدیلر (kediler))

1. cat, a common house pet (Felis catus)

   Synonyms: پسك (pisik), قط (kitt), گربه (gürbe), هر (hirr)

Derived terms

• آنقره كدیسی (Ankara kedisi, “Angora cat”)
• بوز كدی (boz kedi, “tabby cat”)
• تكیر كدی (tekir kedi, “tortoise-shell cat”)
• طاغ كدیسی (dağ kedisi, “jungle cat, chaus”)
• كدی اوتی (kedi otu, “valerian”)
• كدی بالغی (kedi balığı, “ray”)
• كدی كوركی (kedi kürkü, “catskin fur”)
• كول كدیسی (kül kedisi, “lazy fellow”)
• مسك كدیسی (misk kedisi, “civet cat”)
• یابان كدیسی (yaban kedisi, “wild cat”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: kedi

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kedi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2517
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كدی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 385b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كدی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1017
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Felis”, 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^[3], Vienna, column 560
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كدی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3893
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kedi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كدی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1531