sivri
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *sībri.
Adjective
sivri (comparative daha sivri, superlative ən sivri)
References
- Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “sivri”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language][1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, Baku: Şərq-Qərb
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سیوری (sivri), from Proto-Turkic *sībri (“sharp, sharp-edged”).[1]
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (süvri), Azerbaijani sivri, Turkmen süýri, Crimean Tatar sivri, Yakut үөрбэ (üörbe), Gagauz sivri, Kazakh сүйір (süiır), Kyrgyz сүйрү (süyrü), Southern Altai сӱӱрӱ (süürü, “sharp”), etc.
Adjective
sivri
- sharp (able to pierce easily)
Related terms
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sīb-ri”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- “sivri”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سیوری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1105