beşer
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
By surface analysis, beş (“five”) + -er (distributive suffix).
Adverb
beşer
- distributive of beş
References
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.ʃɛɾ/
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish بشر (beşer). By surface analysis, beş (“five”) + -er (distributive suffix).
Adverb
beşer
- distributive of beş (five each)
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish بشر (beşer), from Arabic بَشَر (bašar).
Noun
beşer (definite accusative beşeri, plural beşerler)
- man, human
- mankind
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | beşer | beşerler |
| definite accusative | beşeri | beşerleri |
| dative | beşere | beşerlere |
| locative | beşerde | beşerlerde |
| ablative | beşerden | beşerlerden |
| genitive | beşerin | beşerlerin |
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “beşer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بشر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 366
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN