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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

beri.

since

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

postp/beˈɾi/

  1. since

    with-ablative
    1993'ten beri burada çalışıyorum.
    Sen doğduğundan beri burada yaşıyoruz.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بری (beri, berü), from Old Anatolian Turkish برو (berü), from Proto-Turkic *bērü. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (b²ir²g²r²ẅ /⁠bérgerü, birigerü⁠/, “since, towards here, southward”). Compare ileri (“forward”), geri (“backward”), dışarı (“outside”). Cognate to Gagauz beeri, Turkmen bäri, Azerbaijani bəri.

adv/beˈɾi/

  1. onwards

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بری (beri, berü), from Old Anatolian Turkish برو (berü), from Proto-Turkic *bērü. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (b²ir²g²r²ẅ /⁠bérgerü, birigerü⁠/, “since, towards here, southward”). Compare ileri (“forward”), geri (“backward”), dışarı (“outside”). Cognate to Gagauz beeri, Turkmen bäri, Azerbaijani bəri.

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