بری

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See also: بري, تري, ترى, پری, and تري-

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian բռի (bṙi).

Noun

بری (brî?

  1. strength, vigour

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹrü (hitherward); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü, hither, hitherward).

Postposition

بری (beri)

  1. (with ablative) since
Descendants
  • Turkish: beri
  • Armenian: պէրի (pēri)
  • Laz: ბერი (beri)

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy).

Adjective

بری (berri)

  1. terrestrial
  2. wild, uncultivated
Descendants

Etymology 3

بر (bir, one) +‎ ـی (-i, possession marker).

Pronoun

بری (biri) (definite accusative برنی)

  1. someone
  2. something
Descendants

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 262
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 360
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Pashto

Noun

بری (baráym

  1. victory, success

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَرِيء (barīʔ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? barī
Dari reading? barī
Iranian reading? bari
Tajik reading? bari

Adjective

بری (bari)

  1. (literary) exempt, immune, unaffected
    • c. 1380, Jahān Malik Khātūn, “Ghazal 245”, in دیوان جهان [Divān-i Jahān]‎:
      ای بت نامهربان این ستم از بهر چیست
      بر دل بیچاره ای کز دل و از جان بریست
      ay but-i nāmihrabān īn sitam az bahr-i čī-st
      bar dil-i bēčāra ay k-az dil u az jān barī-st
      O unkind idol, for what purpose is this injustice
      Which you deal to my helpless heart, o you who are immune to heart and soul?
      (Classical Persian romanization)

Etymology 2

See the main entry.

Pronunciation

Preposition

بری (barey or baroy or berey)

  1. Dialectal form of برای (barâ-ye).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French brie.

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? birī
Iranian reading? beri

Noun

بری (beri)

  1. brie (cheese)