karışık

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قارشق (karışık, mixed, adulterated, confused, disordered),[1] from قارشمق (karışmak, to join and mix, to become confused and disordered, to interfere, to exercise control), from Proto-Turkic *karïĺ- (to be mixed with one another, to be tacked onto each other), from *kar- (to mix) + *-ïĺ (reflexive suffix),[2][3] morphologically kar- + -ış- + -ık.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ɾɯˈʃɯk/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧rı‧şık

Adjective

karışık

  1. Consisting of things of different qualities; mixed, diverse, assorted.
    Synonyms: çeşitli, türlü, (dated) muhtelif
    Tüm bu gelişmeleri karışık duygularla izliyorum.I am watching all these developments with mixed feelings.
  2. In disorder, untidy, disorganized.
    Synonyms: düzensiz, dağınık, (dated) intizamsız
  3. (with instrumental) Mixed with, blended with.
    Bazı kentlere sağanak yağış ve karla karışık yağmur uyarısı da yapıldı.Some cities were warned against heavy rains and sleet. (literally, “rain mixed with snow”)
  4. Not pure, hybrid, composite, impure.
    Synonyms: katışık, (obsolete) mahlut, (obsolete) mağşuş
    Antonym: saf
  5. Difficult to understand, complex, complicated, tricky.
    Synonyms: karmaşık, çapraşık, kompleks, komplike
    Bir uğurböceği sürmekten daha karışık olamaz sanırım.I don't suppose it can be more complicated that riding a ladybug.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ladino: karishik

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قارشق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1410
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kiār-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “karış-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • karışık”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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