adamcıl

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ادمجیل (adamcıl, “(a brute) that attacks or kills man, a misanthrope”),[1] morphologically adam (“human, man”) +‎ -cıl.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ.dɑmˈd͡ʒɯɫ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧dam‧cıl

Adjective

adamcıl

  1. (obsolete) (for animals) Attacking people, running away from people.
  2. (for animals) Not afraid or shy of people, accustomed to people, tamed.
    Synonym: insancıl

Declension

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ادمجیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 52
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “adamcıl”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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