kötü

See also: kotu

Bongo

Numeral

kötü

  1. one

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كوتی (kötü).

Perhaps related to göt (ass). For the sense development, compare Arabic دُبْر (dubr, buttocks->unfortunate). Initial /k/ preserved unvoiced perhaps to distinguish the word from göt. [1]. However, the vowel of the last syllable of kötü cannot be explained morphologically which makes unlikely a derivation from göt (ass). [2].

Dankoff puts under Armenian գոդի (godi) in his list of Turkish words whose Armenian etymology is speculative or not firmly established.[3] To be compared to the Turkish dialectal form of Çanıllı kötü (weak, thin, sickly). For the sense development, compare with Persian پیس (stained, wrinkled, leprous) (archaic)[4], whence Turkish has pis (filthy) and Azerbaijani pis (bad, dirty). [5].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cø.ty/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kö‧tü

Adjective

kötü

  1. bad, evil
    Antonym: iyi

Declension

Noun

kötü (definite accusative kötüyü, plural kötüler)

  1. villain, knave, rogue

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  • If it's declined (except for the predicative forms), it becomes a noun meaning "(a) bad person/thing"

See also

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), kötü”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. PASTOR Dorian. 2020. "Le mot turc kötü : une origine anatolienne ?": Journal Asiatique, Vol.308/2, pp. 133-144
  3. Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § D6, page 163
  4. http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=pis
  5. GELIR Mehmet Zeki. 2019. "Kötü Kelimesinin Kökeni Üzerine": Çukurova Üniversitesi Türkoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi, Vol.4/1, pp. 83-99.
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