elçi

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. ambassador
  2. delegate, envoy, legate
  3. messenger
  4. minister
  5. prophet
  6. a person sent to solicit an unmarried woman's hand in marriage in behalf of a close relative
  7. (Isparta, Niğde) someone who delivers gossip between people

Frekwensie

C2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[elt͡ʃi]
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi, “delegate, envoy; ambassador”), from Old Anatolian Turkish ایلچی (ẹlçi), from Proto-Turkic *ēlči. Equivalent to el + -çi. Cognate with Azerbaijani elçi, Kazakh елші (elşı), Kumyk элчи (elçi), Kyrgyz элчи (elci), Southern Altai элчи (elči), Turkmen ilçi, Uyghur ئەلچى (elchi) and Uzbek elchi.

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