كرو
Old Anatolian Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kerü.
Adverb
كرو • (gerü)
- 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
كرو • (gerü)
Descendants
References
- “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
Alternative forms
- گری (geri) — Late Ottoman
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كرو, from Proto-Turkic *kerü.
Adjective
گرو • (gerü, geri)
- (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
گرو • (gerü, geri)
Noun
گرو • (gerü, geri)
Descendants
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كری، كیرو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1066–1067
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كیرو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1611b