بری
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish برو (“bärü”), from Proto-Turkic *berü (“hitherward”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü, “hither, hitherward”).
Postposition
بری • (beri)
- [with ablative] since
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy).
Adjective
بری • (berri)
- terrestrial
- wild, uncultivated
Descendants
- Turkish: berri
Etymology 3
بر (bir, “one”) + ـی (-i, “possession marker”).
Pronoun
بری • (biri) (definite accusative برنی)
- someone
- something
- [with ablative] one of
- 1923, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Nur Baba[1], page 20:
- استانبولك یدی تپهسندن برنده […]
- İstanbul'ın yedi tepesinden birinde […]
- On one of Istanbul's seven hills […]
Descendants
- Turkish: biri
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 262
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 360
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Pashto
Noun
بری • (baráy) m
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic بَرِيء (barīʔ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ba.ˈɾiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bä.ɾíː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bæ.ɹíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bä.ɾí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | barī |
| Dari reading? | barī |
| Iranian reading? | bari |
| Tajik reading? | bari |
Adjective
بری • (bari)
- (literary) exempt, immune, unaffected
- c. 1380, Jahān Malik Khātūn, “Ghazal 245”, in دیوان جهان [Divān-i Jahān][4]:
- ای بت نامهربان این ستم از بهر چیست
بر دل بیچاره ای کز دل و از جان بریست- ay but-i nāmihrabān īn sitam az bahr-i čī-st
bar dil-i bēčāra ay k-az dil u az jān barī-st - O unkind idol, for what purpose is this injustice
Which you deal to my helpless heart, o you who are immune to heart and soul?
- ay but-i nāmihrabān īn sitam az bahr-i čī-st
Etymology 2
See the main entry.
Pronunciation
- (Shiraz) IPA(key): [bæˈɾej], [bæˈɾoj]
- (Hamadan) IPA(key): [beˈɾej]
Preposition
بری • (barey or baroy or berey)
- dialectal form of برای (barâ-ye)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bɪ.ɾíː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [be.ɹíː]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Dari reading? | birī |
| Iranian reading? | beri |
Noun
بری • (beri)
- brie (cheese)
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʊ.ɾiː/
Adjective
بُری • (burī) (Hindi spelling बुरी)
- feminine of بُرا (burā)