aşırı

See also: asiri and aṣiri

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آشوری (aşurı), آشیری (aşırı) from Old Anatolian Turkish آشوری (aşurı), from Proto-Turkic *āšuru, a development from Proto-Turkic *āšur-. By surface analysis, aşır- +‎ -ı. Cognate with Chagatai اسرو (asru).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʃɯˈɾɯ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧şı‧rı

Adjective

aşırı

  1. excessive, extreme
    Synonyms: ekstrem, müfrit
  2. fanatical, zealous
    Synonym: taşkın

Adverb

aşırı

  1. excessively, extremely
    aşırı harcama yapmak ― to spend excessively
    aşırı güzel ― extremely beautiful
  2. too much
    Synonym: fazla
    aşırı konuşmak ― to talk too much
  3. (now dated) beyond
    Synonym: öte

Derived terms

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