private investigator, private detective, sleuth (male or of unspecified gender)
çekim: çoğul Detektive · tamlayan Detektivs
eş: Ermittler, Schnüffler
köken: 19th century, from English detective. The pronunciation with a second [d] may be due to simple assimilation, but it is also conceivable that the detek-sequence was popularly associated with entdecken (“to discover”). Note that the same pronunciation is also heard for Dutch detective in Belgium.
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Portuguese sabujo, Italian segugio), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *segu (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).
eş: cane da caccia, bracco, abile poliziotto, agente di polizia, investigatore, detective
köken: From Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Portuguese sabujo, Spanish sabueso), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷetor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).
köken: According to folk etymology, from Ancient Greek λακωνικός (lakōnikós) κύων (kúōn). Most probably from Ancient Greek λαγώς (lagṓs). Compare also Albanian langua (“id.”).
hound (a small to medium-sized hunting dog with strong legs, drooping ears, and a relatively short, pointed tail) · gumshoe, sleuthhound, bloodhound (a police detective)
çekim: çoğul kopók
köken: From the kop variant of kap (“to seize, grab”) + -ó (present-participle suffix). The figurative sense developed metaphorically based on the original sense. First attested in c. 1422 Alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Turkic *köpek (“dog”), for which compare Russian кобе́ль (kobélʹ, “male dog”).
köken: Borrowed from French détective through English detective, back-formed from detect, derived from Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (“to uncover or disclose”).