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doğru.

true

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/doːˈɾu/[d̪o̞ːˈɾʊ]

  1. true

  2. right (correct)

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish طوغری (doğrı), from Proto-Turkic *togru. Cognate with Kyrgyz туура (tuura), Uzbek toʻgʻri, Turkmen dogry, Old Turkic [script needed] (toğru, toğuru, toğrı), derivative from Old Turkic [script needed] (toğur-). Related to direk, dik, and direnmek.

noun/doːˈɾu/[d̪o̞ːˈɾʊ]

  1. truth

  2. line

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish طوغری (doğrı), from Proto-Turkic *togru. Cognate with Kyrgyz туура (tuura), Uzbek toʻgʻri, Turkmen dogry, Old Turkic [script needed] (toğru, toğuru, toğrı), derivative from Old Turkic [script needed] (toğur-). Related to direk, dik, and direnmek.

postp/doːˈɾu/[d̪o̞ːˈɾʊ]

  1. toward, straight toward, straight to (about space)

    Bu yol doğru ırmağa gider.
    Bu yol ırmağa doğru gider.

  2. closer to (about time)

    Akşama doğru çok acıktım.
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish طوغری (doğrı), from Proto-Turkic *togru. Cognate with Kyrgyz туура (tuura), Uzbek toʻgʻri, Turkmen dogry, Old Turkic [script needed] (toğru, toğuru, toğrı), derivative from Old Turkic [script needed] (toğur-). Related to direk, dik, and direnmek.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.