irəli

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ирәли
Abjad ایرلی

Etymology

From metathesis of an earlier form, compare Turkish ileri. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇 (il²gr²ü /⁠ilgerü⁠/)[1], Kipchak ilgari[2], Bashkir элгәре (elgəre, earlier; first). Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *il(i)k (front, before; East;)[3], whence also Azerbaijani ilk (first).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iræˈli]
  • Hyphenation: ir‧ə‧li

Adverb

irəli

  1. forwards
    Bir addım irəli, iki addım geri.
    One step forward, two steps back.
    Synonym: qabağa
    Antonym: geri

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ileri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*il(i)k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill