كشی

Chagatai

Etymology

From Common Turkic *kiši (“person”)

Noun

كشی (kiši) (plural كشيلار)

1. person
2. man

Synonyms

• آدم

Derived terms

• اير كشى (“male person”)
• مظلوم كشى (“female person”)

 

Descendants

• Uyghur: كىشى (kishi)
• Uzbek: kishi (“man, human”)

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Common Turkic *kiši (“person”).

Noun

كشی (giši, kiši)

1. person
   • 13th century, Şeyyad Hamza, Yūsuf u Züleyhā; reprinted in Гузеев, В.Г., editor, Староосманский язык, 1979:

     امدى دكلك سوزومه طوتك قلاق
     بر سوز ايدم كيم شكردن طاتلوراق
     واردى كنعانده بر سرور كشى
     آدى يعقوب كندو پيغامبركشى

     Imdi diŋläŋ sözümä dutuŋ qulaq
     Bir söz äyidäm kim šäkkärdän datluraq
     Vardï Kän'ānda bir särvär kiši
     Adï Ya'qūb gändü peyɣāmbär kiši
     

     Now listen, turn your ears to my word(s)
     I will tell you word(s) that are tastier than sugar
     There was a master man in Canaan
     His name [was] Jacob, himself [he was] a prophet man.

2. man, human

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: kişi (“man”)
• Ottoman Turkish: كشی, كیشی (kişi), քիշի (kişi) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Gagauz: kişi
  • Turkish: kişi

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• كیشی (kişi)
• քիշի (kişi) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish كشی (kişi, “person”), from Common Turkic *kiši (“person”).

Noun

كشی • (kişi)

1. person

Descendants

• Gagauz: kişi
• Turkish: kişi

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

كشی • (kaśī) ? (Hindi spelling कशी)

1. decay