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Kumyk
Etymology
From Common Turkic *kerü (“back”).
Adverb
гери • (geri)
- back, backward
Further reading
- Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “гери”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН
Udi
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Etymology
From Old Armenian գերի (geri).
Noun
гери • (geri)
- captive
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գերի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 544b