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deli

Pronunciation: /deˈli/

“deli” is a Turkish word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. crazy, mad, insane
  2. extreme
  3. whimsical, eccentric, quirky, bizarre, odd, given to quirks or idiosyncrasies, strange in a somewhat silly, manner
  4. inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthoughtful, not considerate, showing lack of due thought or care for the other people
  5. rash, foolhardy, reckless, impulsive, precipitate, acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks

noun

  1. a crazy person
  2. a fanatic
  3. deli, a member of a light cavalry unit within the Ottoman Empire created to act as a shock troop

Etymology

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

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