ماوی
Ottoman Turkish
editAlternative forms
edit- مائی (mâî)
Etymology
editFrom Arabic مَاوِيّ (māwiyy, “watery”), ultimately from Arabic مَاء (māʔ, “water”).
Adjective
editماوی • (mavi)
Noun
editماوی • (mavi)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: mavi
- → Armenian: մավի (mavi)
- → Greek: μαβής (mavís)
- → Italian: mavì
- → Ladino: mavi
- → Middle Georgian: მავი (mavi)
See also
editآق (ak) | بوز (boz) | قره (kara) |
قزل (kızıl); آل (al) | ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur) | صاری (sarı) |
یشیل (yeşil) | ||
گوك (gök) | ماوی (mavi) | |
مور (mor) | افلاطون (eflatun) | پنبه (pembe) |
References
edit- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ماوی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1097
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mavi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük