Turkish - English
Definition of kitabî in Turkish English dictionary
- bookish
- Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books
From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession.
- Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books
Obviously, neither Corneille nor the characters who laugh at excessively bookish speech avoid literary convention.
- {a} much given to reading, studious
- characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"
- characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child
- Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books
- {s} literary; fond of reading
- Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences
- disapproval Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books. = studious. someone who is bookish is more interested in reading and studying than in sports or other activities
- kitabi
- bookish
- kitabi
- based on reading only, bookish, book-learned
- kitabi
- stilted, bookish (rhetorical style)
- kitabi konuşmak
- to talk bookishly; (for one's talk) to reek of book learning
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Turkish - Turkish
Definition of kitabî in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- KİTABÎ
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) Kitaba dair ve müteallik. Kitaba tabi olan. Kitaba uygun. Kur'an, İncil, Tevrat kitablarından birine inanan. Semavî kitaplardan birine inanan
- kitabi
- Kitaba bağlı kalan, özgür düşünemeyen (kimse)
- kitabi
- Düzgün, dil bilgisi kurallarına uygun (anlatım)
- kitabi
- Kitapla ilgili; kitaba uygun