Where does “hayalî” come from?
hayalî (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish خیالی, from Arabic خيالي, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
hayalî (Turkish): imaginary
Ancestry of “hayalî”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | خیالی | — |
| 2 | Arabic | خيالي | imaginary; virtual; conceptual |
| 3 | Arabic | ـِيّ | {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and... |