elçi

Meaning

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

Concepts

ambassador

envoy

messenger

delegate

legate

representative

Synonyms

büyük elçi

peygamber

dünür

görücü

haberci

dünürcü

delege

temsilci

sefir

büyükelçi

vekil

postacı

Translations

ambasciatore

embajador

messager

embaixador

mensajero

gezant

ambassadeur

délégué

ambassadeur

messaggero

mensageiro

ambasador

inviato

balyoz

Pronounced as (IPA)

[elt͡ʃi]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: ایلچی

Cognate with Kazakh: елші

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.