سیوری

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sībri (“sharp, sharp-edged”);[1] cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (süvri), Azerbaijani sivri, Crimean Tatar sivri, Kazakh сүйір (süiır), Kyrgyz сүйрү (süyrü), Southern Altai сӱӱрӱ (süürü, “sharp”), Turkmen süýri and Yakut үөрбэ (üörbe).

Adjective

سیوری • (sivri)

  1. sharp-pointed, tapering, conical
    Synonym: موسل (mussel)

Derived terms

  • سیورلتمك (sivriltmek, “to make or let become sharp-pointed”)
  • سیورلمك (sivrilmek, “to be or become sharp-pointed”)
  • سیوری باشلو (sivri başlı, “conical; obstinate”)
  • سیوری سیڭك (sivri siñek, “mosquito”)
  • سیوری صیچان (sivri sıçan, “shrew”)
  • سیوری عقللو (sivri ʾakıllu, “of a sharp mind”)
  • سیوریلك (sivrilik, “sharp-pointedness”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sivri
  • → Armenian: սիվրի (sivri)

References

  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

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