ecnebi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اجنبی, from Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy).

Adjective

ecnebi (archaic)

  1. strange
  2. foreign, alien

Noun

ecnebi (definite accusative ecnebiyi, plural ecnebiler) (archaic)

  1. stranger
  2. foreigner, alien

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • ecnebilik
  • ecnebiyet

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اجنبی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 53
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ecnebi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اجنبی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 31
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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