deli

Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛli/

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• Homophone: Delhi
• Rhymes: -ɛli

deli (plural delis)

1. (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.

   Delis usually offer a broader, fresher menu than fast food chains.

   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.

   • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:

     Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.

2. (informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.

• deli meat

• Diel, IDLE, Idle, Lide, diel, eild, idle, lied

Borrowed from Turkish deli (“mad, insane”), perhaps via Serbo-Croatian dèli (“brave”).^[1] Doublet of dalia.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛli]

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• Hyphenation: de‧li
• Rhymes: -li

deli (comparative delibb, superlative legdelibb)

1. (rare, literary) stalwart, athletic (figure), well-built (person)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	deli	delik
accusative	delit	deliket
dative	delinek	deliknek
instrumental	delivel	delikkel
causal-final	deliért	delikért
translative	delivé	delikké
terminative	deliig	delikig
essive-formal	deliként	delikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	deliben	delikben
superessive	delin	deliken
adessive	delinél	deliknél
illative	delibe	delikbe
sublative	delire	delikre
allative	delihez	delikhez
elative	deliből	delikből
delative	deliről	delikről
ablative	delitől	deliktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	delié	deliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	deliéi	delikéi

• deli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• deli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

deli

1. inflection of delir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

deli (Cyrillic spelling дели)

1. inflection of deliti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from English deli.

deli c

1. a simpler restaurant (selling lighter meals, for examples sandwiches and salads)
2. a deli shop or deli section (at a retail store)

Perhaps borrowed from Turkish deli.

deli (comparative mer deli, superlative mest deli)

1. (slang) stupid, retarded

• deli in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Slangopedia

From Ottoman Turkish دلی (deli), from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe (“mad, crazy”). Doublet of Tilbe. Cognate of Turkmen däli, Azerbaijani dəli, Salar delli, and Tatar тиле (tile).

• IPA^(key): /deˈli/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: de‧li

deli

1. crazy, mad, insane

• Like its English counterparts, deli can be used figuratively to refer to something highly unusual (either positively or negatively) or to someone afflicted with a mental condition.

Inflection
Nominative	deli
Definite accusative	deliyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deli	deliler
Definite accusative	deliyi	delileri
Dative	deliye	delilere
Locative	delide	delilerde
Ablative	deliden	delilerden
Genitive	delinin	delilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular delim delilerim 2nd singular delin delilerin 3rd singular delisi delileri 1st plural delimiz delilerimiz 2nd plural deliniz delileriniz 3rd plural delileri delileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular delimi delilerimi 2nd singular delini delilerini 3rd singular delisini delilerini 1st plural delimizi delilerimizi 2nd plural delinizi delilerinizi 3rd plural delilerini delilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular delime delilerime 2nd singular deline delilerine 3rd singular delisine delilerine 1st plural delimize delilerimize 2nd plural delinize delilerinize 3rd plural delilerine delilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular delimde delilerimde 2nd singular delinde delilerinde 3rd singular delisinde delilerinde 1st plural delimizde delilerimizde 2nd plural delinizde delilerinizde 3rd plural delilerinde delilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular delimden delilerimden 2nd singular delinden delilerinden 3rd singular delisinden delilerinden 1st plural delimizden delilerimizden 2nd plural delinizden delilerinizden 3rd plural delilerinden delilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular delimin delilerimin 2nd singular delinin delilerinin 3rd singular delisinin delilerinin 1st plural delimizin delilerimizin 2nd plural delinizin delilerinizin 3rd plural delilerinin delilerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular deliyim delilerim 2nd singular delisin delilersin 3rd singular deli delidir deliler delilerdir 1st plural deliyiz delileriz 2nd plural delisiniz delilersiniz 3rd plural deliler delilerdir

• → Swedish: deli

• “deli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

deli

1. accusative singular of del

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːli/, /ˈdɛli/

deli

1. second-person singular present indicative/future of dal

deli

1. Soft mutation of teli.