sergi

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سرگی (sergi, “a platform, mat or carpet on which wares are set out for sale, a temporary stall for sale of goods or a collection of such stalls, a kind of fair, an exhibition, a public pay-office”),^[1][2] from Ottoman Turkish سرمك (sermek, “to spread out, to lay in order on the ground, to hang up in full length on a line”), from Proto-Turkic *ser- (“to endure, to be patient, to stay immobile, to spread”),^[3][4] morphologically ser- +‎ -gi. Cognates with Azerbaijani sərgi, Turkmen sergi, Karakhanid سَرُو (serü, “shelf”).

• IPA^(key): /seɾˈɟi/
• Hyphenation: ser‧gi

sergi (definite accusative sergiyi, plural sergiler)

1. A display platform for a variety of products, an array, a stall.
2. A place or event where works of art are put on display; an exhibit, a gallery.
3. A place where agricultural or industrial products are displayed; an exposition, a fair.
4. (colloquial, regional) A floormat, rug.

• “sergi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sergi¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4156