geeri

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كرو (gėrü), from Proto-Turkic *kerü. Cognate to Turkish geri, Azerbaijani geri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟeːˈɾi/
  • Hyphenation: gee‧ri

Adverb

geeri

  1. back, backwards
    geeri dönmää
    to come back

Noun

geeri

  1. back (opposite of front)
  2. the rest

Derived terms

  • geerilmää (“to go back”)

References

  • Baskakov, N. A. (1991) İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 101
  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 69
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