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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian غیرـ (ğeyr-e-), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr) + Persian ezafe. Cognate with Turkish gayri- (Ottoman Turkish غیر (gayr-i)), Uyghur غەيرى (gheyri), Uzbek gʻayri-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
qeyri-
- un-, non-, in-
- Synonym: na-
- qeyri- + mümkün (“possible”) → qeyri-mümkün (“impossible”)
- qeyri- + iş günləri (“working days”) → qeyri-iş günləri (“non-working days”)
Usage notes
- qeyri- is separated from the word whose meaning it reverses by a hyphen. However, no hyphen is used for qeyri when it is used as the determiner another.
- qeyri- can be stressed.
Derived terms