Where does “çakırkeyif” come from?

çakırkeyif (Turkish) comes from Turkish keyif, from Ottoman Turkish كیف, from Arabic كَيْف — pleasure; joy; opiate.

çakırkeyif (Turkish): half drunk; having the joy of a drunk person, but...

Definitions

  1. half drunk; having the joy of a drunk person, but...

Ancestry of “çakırkeyif”, step by step

çakırkeyif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish keyif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkeyifjoy, pleasure
2Ottoman Turkishكیفmerriment, good spirits
3Arabicكَيْفpleasure; joy; opiate

via Turkish çakır

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçakırgrayish-blue colour of eye; wine
2Ottoman Turkishچاقرlight blue, grey
3Proto-Turkic*čakïr—
Every word from Arabic كَيْف →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كیف →Every word from Turkish keyif →