sivri
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *sībri.
Adjective
sivri (comparative daha sivri, superlative ən sivri)
- sharp, pointed
- Synonyms: iti, şiş
Further reading
- “sivri” in Obastan.com.
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سیوری (sivri), from Proto-Turkic *sībri (“sharp, sharp-edged”).[1]
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (süvri), Azerbaijani sivri, Turkmen süýri, Crimean Tatar sivri, Yakut үөрбэ (üörbe), Gagauz sivri, Kazakh сүйір (süiır), Kyrgyz сүйрү (süyrü), Southern Altai сӱӱрӱ (süürü, “sharp”), etc.
Adjective
sivri
- sharp (able to pierce easily)
Related terms
- sivrisinek
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sīb-ri”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- sivri in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سیوری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1105