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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كریسین كری (gerisin geri),[1] from Proto-Turkic *kerü (“back, backwards”) + *-si (3rd P. Sg. possessive suffix) + *-ŋ (pronominal "n") + *-gerü (towards), literally “towards his/her/its back”.[2][3][4][5]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɟe.ɾiˈsin.ɟe.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ge‧ri‧sin‧ge‧ri
Adverb
gerisin geri
- backwards, in reverse
- Synonyms: geri, geri geri, arka arka, (colloquial) kıçın kıçın, (vulgar) götün götün
References
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “كریسین كری”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 30
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “geri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ SARI, İsa. "Türkiye Türkçesi ve Ağızlarındaki -(s)Xn geri Yapısı Üzerine." Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi 9.2 (2019): 504-514.
- ^ Sultanzade, Vügar. "Zamir n’sinin Kaynağı Hakkında." Dil Araştırmaları 15.15 (2014): 95-104.
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-ğaru:/-gerü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xl
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