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كرو

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Old Anatolian Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kerü.

Adverb

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كرو (gerü)

  1. back
    اولن آدم دیرلمز, چیخان جان كرو كلمز
    ölen ādem dirilmez, çıḫan cān gerü gelmez.
    [a] dead person does not arise back, [a] departed soul does not come back

Noun

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كرو (gerü)

  1. back, behind (opposite of front)
    Synonym: آرقه
    Antonym: ایلرو

Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: geri
  • Ottoman Turkish: گرو (gerü), گری (geri)

References

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  • “gerü, (girü)”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), volume III, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1967, pages 1667–1671

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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  • گری (geri)Late Ottoman

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كرو, from Proto-Turkic *kerü.

Adjective

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گرو (gerü, geri)

  1. (for a clock) that shows the time falsely, in a way that shows the time lesser than it actually is, backwards.
    بو ساعت گرو میدر؟
    bu saʿat gerü midir?
    is this clock backwards

Adverb

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گرو (gerü, geri)

  1. back

Noun

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گرو (gerü, geri)

  1. back, behind (opposite of front)
    Synonym: آرقه
    Antonym: ایلرو

Descendants

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References

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