gayri

See also: gayri-, gʻayri, and gʻayri-

Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غیری (gayri), from the third-person singular possessive form of غیر (gayr, “another”), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr). Compare Azerbaijani qeyri, Turkmen gaýry, Uzbek gʻayri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑjɾi/

Postposition

gayri (+ ablative)

1. other than, besides

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غیری (gayrî), from Arabic غَيْرِيّ (ḡayriyy). By surface analysis, gayr +‎ -i (nisba suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani qeyri, Turkmen gaýry, Uyghur غەيرىي (gheyriy), Uzbek gʻayri.

Adjective

gayri

1. different, other

Determiner

gayri

1. another

Related terms

• gayr
• gayri-

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غیری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 880
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غیری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1356
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN