sivri

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *sībri.

Adjective[edit]

sivri (comparative daha sivri, superlative ən sivri)

  1. sharp, pointed
    Synonyms: iti, şiş

Further reading[edit]

  • “sivri” in Obastan.com.

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

sivri

  1. sharp (able to pierce easily)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1105
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