دخی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• دها (daha)

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish داخى (daχï), from Proto-Turkic *t(i)akï.

Adverb

دخی • (dahı)

1. too
   • 16th ce., Tiryâkî Hasan Paşa, Gazavât-ı Tiryâkî:

     امدی بندن قاپودانه سلام ایله اول دخی قراللاروڭوره خبر ایده

     İmdi benden kapudana selam eyle, ol dahı krallaruñuza haber ede

     Now go and give your captain my regards, may he inform your kings too

2. even
3. more
   • 15th ce., Eşrefoğlu Rumi, Divan-ı İlahiyat:

     دخی قالمدی آیرق هیچ بهانه

     Dahı kalmadı ayruk hiç bahane

     There are no more excuses left

Descendants

• Turkish: dahi, daha
• → Armenian: տահա (taha), դըհա (dəha)

Conjunction

دخی • (dahı)

1. and
2. also

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dahi1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دخی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 892
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دخی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 566