köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾp̄wk' /čābuk/, “agile, nimble; excellent”), Northern Luri چںڤوک (çəvok), suffixed from an unattested root borrowed as Old Armenian ճեպ (čep, “haste”). Akin to Old Armenian ճապուկ (čapuk), Old Georgian ჭაპუკი (č̣aṗuḳi), ჭაბუკი (č̣abuḳi), Middle Iranian borrowings.
competent (having sufficient skill, knowledge or qualifications) · competent (adequate for the purpose) · competent (having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue)
zıt: incapaz, incompetente
köken: Borrowed from Latin competentem, present participle of competō (“to meet; to coincide; to agree”).
handy, dexterous (of a person: skillful with one's hands) · handy, useful, practical, nifty (useful, easy to use, easy to get results with) · convenient, nifty, handy (making life easy)
çekim: karşılaştırma näppärämpi · üstünlük näppärin
right (relative direction), right hand · skillful · fortunate, favorable
çekim: karşılaştırma dexterior · üstünlük dextimus
zıt: laevus, scaevus, sinister
köken: From Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-tero-s, from *deḱs- (“right”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεξιτερός (dexiterós), and compare δεξιός (dexiós), Old High German zesawa (“right hand, right hand side”), Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa), Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right”).
agile, dexterous, deft, neat, skillful, precise (that which moves quickly, smoothly, precisely; which works quickly, smoothly, efficiently) · agile, dexterous, deft, neat, precise (carried out with speed, agility, neatness, precision) · able, resourceful, quick-witted, skillful (capable of using a situation to one's advantage; expressing such capacity)
çekim: karşılaştırma veiklāks · üstünlük visveiklākais
eş: knašs, nasks, ņiprs, vingrs, žigls
köken: Derived from the verb veikt (“to carry out, to accomplish”) (q.v.). This word varied its semantics rather strongly throughout time and space (meaning at times “circumspect, calm,” “modest, virtuous,” “successful,” etc.) Cognates include Lithuanian veiklùs (“active, diligent”), veikùs (“quick, agile; capable”).