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"1": "en",
"2": "trk-pro",
"3": "*ēlči"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Turkic *ēlči",
"name": "der"
},
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},
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"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ota",
"3": "ایلچی",
"tr": "elçi"
},
"expansion": "Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "az",
"3": "elçi",
"4": "ایلچی",
"tr": "elçi"
},
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},
{
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},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fa-cls",
"3": "ایلْچِی"
},
"expansion": "Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix), via Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi) or Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi), or via Hindustani एलची (elcī) / ایلْچی (elcī) through Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "elchis",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eltchi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "elchee",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "elchie",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
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{
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"source": "w"
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{
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"source": "w"
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"source": "w"
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"source": "w"
},
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"source": "w"
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Diplomacy",
"orig": "en:Diplomacy",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran."
],
"id": "en-elchi-en-noun-tfMo-6cd",
"links": [
[
"envoy",
"envoy"
],
[
"messenger",
"messenger"
],
[
"ambassador",
"ambassador"
],
[
"Turkic",
"Turkic"
],
[
"Persianate",
"Persianate"
],
[
"Ottoman Empire",
"Ottoman Empire"
]
],
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elçi"
},
{
"code": "chg",
"lang": "Chagatai",
"lang_code": "chg",
"roman": "ʾylčy",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلچی"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eltchi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Eltschi"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "elcī",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "एलची"
},
{
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"lang_code": "prs",
"roman": "ēlčī",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلْچِی"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-ira",
"roman": "ilči",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلْچی"
},
{
"code": "fa-cls",
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"raw_tags": [
"Classical Persian"
],
"roman": "ēlčī",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلْچِی"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "elči",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "элчӣ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elçi"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "elçi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلچی"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "elcī",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلْچی"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elchi"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛltʃi/"
}
],
"word": "elchi"
}
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"2": "trk-pro",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "*ēl<t:realm, country>",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ota",
"3": "ایلچی",
"tr": "elçi"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "az",
"3": "elçi",
"4": "ایلچی",
"tr": "elçi"
},
"expansion": "Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "inc-hnd"
},
"expansion": "Hindustani",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fa-cls",
"3": "ایلْچِی"
},
"expansion": "Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix), via Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi) or Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi), or via Hindustani एलची (elcī) / ایلْچی (elcī) through Classical Persian ایلْچِی (ēlčī).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "elchis",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eltchi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "elchee",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "elchie",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "elchi (plural elchis)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Azerbaijani",
"English terms borrowed from Hindustani languages",
"English terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish",
"English terms derived from Azerbaijani",
"English terms derived from Classical Persian",
"English terms derived from Hindustani languages",
"English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
"English terms derived from Proto-Turkic",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Chagatai translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Tajik translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Urdu translations",
"Terms with Uzbek translations",
"Translation table header lacks gloss",
"en:Diplomacy"
],
"glosses": [
"An envoy, a messenger or an ambassador in Turkic and Persianate contexts, notably the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran."
],
"links": [
[
"envoy",
"envoy"
],
[
"messenger",
"messenger"
],
[
"ambassador",
"ambassador"
],
[
"Turkic",
"Turkic"
],
[
"Persianate",
"Persianate"
],
[
"Ottoman Empire",
"Ottoman Empire"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛltʃi/"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elçi"
},
{
"code": "chg",
"lang": "Chagatai",
"lang_code": "chg",
"roman": "ʾylčy",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلچی"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eltchi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Eltschi"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "elcī",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "एलची"
},
{
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"lang_code": "prs",
"roman": "ēlčī",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلْچِی"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-ira",
"roman": "ilči",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلْچی"
},
{
"code": "fa-cls",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-cls",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Persian"
],
"roman": "ēlčī",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلْچِی"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "elči",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "элчӣ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elçi"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "elçi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلچی"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "elcī",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ایلْچی"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elchi"
}
],
"word": "elchi"
}
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