uyanık
- Not sleeping; awake, awoken from sleep.
- (broadly, figuratively) Smart, cunning, sly, clever.
- (broadly, figuratively) Attentive, vigilant, watchful.
- (broadly, figuratively) Someone who is no longer ignorant; knowledgeable, informed, educated.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/u.jaˈnɯk/
Etymology
In summary
From Ottoman Turkish اویانق (uyanıḳ, “awake, vigilant, wary, sharp, smart”), from Ottoman Turkish اویانمق (uyanmaḳ, “to awake”), from Proto-Turkic *odun- (“to awake”), morphologically uyan- + -ık.
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