doğru

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

Cognate with Turkish doğru, Uzbek toʻgʻri.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

doğru

  1. true
  2. correct

Derived terms


Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طوغری (doğrı), from Proto-Turkic *togru. Cognate with Kyrgyz туура (tuura), Uzbek toʻgʻri, Turkmen dogry, Old Turkic [script needed] (toğru, toğuru, toğrı), derivative from Old Turkic [script needed] (toğur-). Related to direk, dik, and direnmek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doɰˈɾu/, [doːˈɾu]
  • Hyphenation: doğ‧ru

Adjective

doğru

  1. true
  2. right (correct)
  3. line

Declension

Antonyms

Postposition

doğru (used after nouns and pronouns in the dative case)

  1. toward, straight toward, straight to (about space)
    Bu yol ırmağa doğru gider.
    This road leads straight to the river.
  2. closer to (about time)
    Akşama doğru çok acıktım.
    Closer to the evening, I got really hungry.

Derived terms

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