ağyar
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اغیار (ağyar), from Arabic أَغْيَار (ʔaḡyār), plural of غَيْر (ḡayr) (whence gayr and gayri-). Compare Azerbaijani əğyar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ağyar (definite accusative ağyarı, pluralia tantum)
- (archaic) others, strangers
- Synonyms: başkaları, yabancılar
- 1991, Nâzım Hikmet, Hikâyeler, page 151:
- Kendini nasıl müdafaa edebilip yâr ve ağyar nazarında parlayacak?
- How will he protect himself and shine in the eyes of friends and strangers?
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | ağyar |
| definite accusative | — | ağyarı |
| dative | — | ağyara |
| locative | — | ağyarda |
| ablative | — | ağyardan |
| genitive | — | ağyarın |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ağyar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ağyar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root غ ي ر
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