غازی

See also: غازى and غازي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic غَازٍ (ḡāzin), active participle of غَزَا (ḡazā).

Noun

غازی • (gazi)

1. A Muslim warrior who fights against non-Muslims; a ghazi.
2. An honorary title of a successful general.
3. A war veteran.
4. A type of gold coin.

Descendants

• Turkish: gazi

Etymology 2

From Arabic غَازِيّ (ḡāziyy), nisba of غَاز (ḡāz, “gas”), or independently so formed by Ottoman غاز (gas).

Adjective

غازی • (gazi)

1. gaseous

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “غازی”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 337
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غازی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 867
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غازی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 389