sivri

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sībri.

Adjective

sivri (comparative daha sivri, superlative ən sivri)

  1. sharp, pointed
    Synonyms: iti, şiş

Further reading

  • “sivri” in Obastan.com.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سیوری (sivri), from Proto-Turkic *sībri (“sharp, sharp-edged”).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic (süvri), Azerbaijani sivri, Turkmen süýri, Crimean Tatar sivri, Yakut үөрбэ (üörbe), Gagauz sivri, Kazakh сүйір (süiır), Kyrgyz сүйрү (süyrü), Southern Altai сӱӱрӱ (süürü, “sharp”), etc.

Adjective

sivri

  1. sharp (able to pierce easily)

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sīb-ri”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • “sivri”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سیوری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1105
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