deli

Meaning

crazy, mad, insane

Frequency

A2
Hyphenated as
de‧li
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɛli/
Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دلی (deli), from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe (“mad, crazy”). Doublet of Tilbe. Cognate of Turkmen däli, Azerbaijani dəli, Salar delli, and Tatar тиле (tile).

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Sentences
Şimdi   Deli   Emine   ona  yetişemiyordu.

Now Crazy Emine couldn't keep up with him.

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