deli
Meaning
crazy, mad, insane
Frequency
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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