طوغری

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

دوغری (doğru)
տօղրը (doğrı), տօղրու (doğru) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *togru (“straight; right; true”); cognate with Azerbaijani doğru, Kyrgyz туура (tuura), Turkmen dogry and Uzbek toʻgʻri.

Adjective

طوغری • (doğrı, doğru)

straight, not crooked or bent and having a constant direction throughout its length
upright, vertical, erect, standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down
level, having the same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground
Synonyms: دوز (düz), سوی (seviy)
true, conforming to the actual state of reality or fact, factually correct
Synonym: گرچك (gerçek)
correct, right, accurate, free from errors and mistakes

Derived terms

طوغریجه (doğruca, “pretty straight or true”)
طوغریدن طوغری‌یه (doğrudan doğruya, “directly”)
طوغریلامق (doğrulamak, “to correct”)
طوغریلق (doğruluk, “straightness”)

Descendants

Turkish: doğru
→ Moroccan Arabic: دغري (duḡri)
→ North Levantine Arabic: دغري (diḡri)
→ South Levantine Arabic: دغري (duḡri)
→ Hebrew: דוגרי (duḡri)

Noun

طوغری • (doğru)

truth, true facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality
right, that which complies with justice, law or reason

Interjection

طوغری • (doğru)

true!

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “doğru”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1258
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوغری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 818
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Verus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1743
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “doğru”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوغری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1257

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