uyanık

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اویانق‎ (uyanıḳ, “awake, vigilant, wary, sharp, smart”)[1], from Ottoman Turkish اویانمق‎ (uyanmaḳ, “to awake”), from Proto-Turkic *odun- (“to awake”)[2], morphologically uyan- +‎ -ık.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.jaˈnɯk/
  • Hyphenation: u‧ya‧nık

Adjective

uyanık

  1. Not sleeping; awake, awoken from sleep.
    Synonym: (obsolete) bidar
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Smart, cunning, sly, clever.
    Synonyms: açıkgöz, kurnaz, cingöz
  3. (figuratively, by extension) Attentive, vigilant, watchful.
    Synonyms: dikkatli, tetikte, (archaic) müteyakkız
  4. (figuratively, by extension) Someone who is no longer ignorant; knowledgeable, informed, educated.
    Synonym: bilgili

Declension

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اویانق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 273
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “uyan-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • uyanık in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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