كی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

گی (gey)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ked, *ged (“very, extremely”).

Adjective

كی • (key)

large, great

Adverb

كی • (key)

properly, completely
very, many
- 14th ce., Hoca Mesud, Süheyl ü Nevbahar:
  سزرون که گلمدگینك اوجی بو طورور ایچه‌مز کی اوكوش سوجی
  Sézerven ki gelmedüginüŋ ucı - Bu durur içemez key öküş süci
  I assume the reason why he didn’t come is that he can not drink a lot of wine.

Determiner

كی • (key)

quite a few, a fair number of

Synonyms

پك (pek)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1608

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