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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
Postposition
gayri (+ ablative)
- 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
- different, other
Determiner
gayri
- another
Related terms
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