sıcak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صیجاق‎ (sıcak),[1] from older اصیجاق‎ (ıssıcak, “hot, warm”) (via Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (isicak/ïsïcak)), equivalent to ısı (“heat”) + diminutive suffix -cak, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ïsï-, *isi- (“to be hot”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɯ.ˈdʒɑk/

Adjective

sıcak

  1. hot, warm
    Çay çok sıcak.
    The tea is too hot.
  2. (figuratively) caring, friendly, warm

Antonyms

See also

References
  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صیجاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 777a
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sıcak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • sıcak in Reverso (Turkish-English)
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