Where does “خطایی” come from?
خطایی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ی, from Persian ی, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
خطایی (Ottoman Turkish): Cathayan
Ancestry of “خطایی”, step by step
خطایی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish ی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ی | accusative case marker; adverbial suffix;... |
| 2 | Persian | ی | the grammatical particle ezafe; see... |
| 3 | Arabic | ي | bound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,... |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 5 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |
via Ottoman Turkish خطا
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | خطا | a miss in shooting or throwing |
| 2 | Arabic | خَطَأ | — |
| 3 | Arabic | خَطِئَ | to err, to sin; to err; to sin; to sin, err |