gayri

See also: gayri-, gʻayri, and gʻayri-

Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غیری (gayri), from the third-person singular possessive form of غیر (gayr, “another”), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr). Compare Azerbaijani qeyri, Turkmen gaýry, Uzbek gʻayri.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɑjɾi/

Postposition

gayri (+ ablative)

  1. other than, besides

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غیری (gayrî), from Arabic غَيْرِيّ (ḡayriyy). By surface analysis, gayr +‎ -i (nisba suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani qeyri, Turkmen gaýry, Uyghur غەيرىي (gheyriy), Uzbek gʻayri.

Adjective

gayri

  1. different, other

Determiner

gayri

  1. another

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غیری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 880
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غیری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1356
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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