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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From metathesis of an earlier form, compare Turkish ileri. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇 (il²gr²ü /ilgerü/), Kipchak ilgari, Bashkir элгәре (elgəre, “earlier; first”). Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *il(i)k (“front, before; East;”), whence also Azerbaijani ilk (“first”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ir‧ə‧li
Adverb
irəli
- forwards
Bir addım irəli, iki addım geri.- One step forward, two steps back.
- Synonym: qabağa
- Antonym: geri
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References
- ^ Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ileri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*il(i)k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill