طوغری

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • دوغری (doğru)
  • տօղրը (doğrı), տօղրու (doğru) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *togru (“straight; right; true”); cognate with Azerbaijani doğru, Kyrgyz туура (tuura), Turkmen dogry and Uzbek toʻgʻri.

Adjective

طوغری • (doğrı, doğru)

  1. straight, not crooked, curly, or bent, having a constant direction throughout its length
    Synonyms: راست (râst), مستقیم (müstekim)
  2. upright, vertical, erect, standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down
  3. level, having the same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground
    Synonyms: دوز (düz), سوی (seviy)
  4. true, conforming to the actual state of reality or fact, factually correct
    Synonyms: حقیقی (hakikî), كرچك (gerçek)
  5. true, right, correct, accurate, free from errors or mistakes, complying with correctness
    Synonym: راست (râst)

Derived terms

  • طوغریجه (doğruca, “pretty straight or true”)
  • طوغریدن طوغری‌یه (doğrudan doğruya, “directly”)
  • طوغریلامق (doğrulamak, “to correct”)
  • طوغریلق (doğruluk, “straightness”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: doğru
  • → Moroccan Arabic: دغري (duḡri)
  • → North Levantine Arabic: دغري (diḡri)
  • → South Levantine Arabic: دغري (duḡri)
  • → Hebrew: דוגרי (duḡri)

Noun

طوغری • (doğru)

  1. truth, true facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality
  2. right, that which complies with justice, law or reason

Interjection

طوغری • (doğru)

  1. true!

Further reading

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