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geri.

back

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj[ɟeɾi]

  1. back

  2. stupid

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish گری (geri, “back”), from گرو (gerü, “back”), from Proto-Common Turkic *kerü (“back”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃𐰼𐰇 (kérü, “back, west”).

adv[ɟeɾi]

  1. back, backwards

  2. again

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish گری (geri, “back”), from گرو (gerü, “back”), from Proto-Common Turkic *kerü (“back”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃𐰼𐰇 (kérü, “back, west”).

noun[ɟeɾi]

  1. rear

  2. rest

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish گری (geri, “back”), from گرو (gerü, “back”), from Proto-Common Turkic *kerü (“back”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃𐰼𐰇 (kérü, “back, west”).

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