kötü

Signification

Adj

bad, evil

Noun

villain, knave, rogue

Coupé comme

kö‧tü

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/cø̞.tʏ/

Étymologie

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. However, the vowel of the last syllable of kötü cannot be explained morphologically which makes unlikely a derivation from göt (“ass”).
Dankoff puts under Armenian գոդի (godi) in his list of Turkish words whose Armenian etymology is speculative or not firmly established. 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), whence Turkish has pis (“filthy”) and Azerbaijani pis (“bad, dirty”).

Phrases

Fakat bunların yanında kötü haberler de var .

Mais il y a aussi de mauvaises nouvelles.

İyi gün de , kötü gün de düş gibi geçip gidiyor.

La bonne journée, la mauvaise journée va comme un rêve.

Gene öyle kötü kötü sırıttı.

Encore une fois, c'était si mauvais.

Milli takımın kötü taraftarı yok .

L'équipe nationale n'a pas de mauvais supporters.

O'Rourke, “ Kötü şeyler bile eskisinden daha iyi” diye yazar .

O'Rourke écrit: «Même les mauvaises choses vont mieux qu'avant», écrit O'Rourke.

Kötü haberse devlet finansmanı.

La mauvaise nouvelle est le financement de l'État.