qarşı

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		гаршы
Abjad		قارشی

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish karşı.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɑrʃɯ]

Postposition

qarşı

1. (with dative) against

   Buna qarşı tədbir görməliyik! ― We have to take action against this!

   İrlandiya xalqının Britanya işğalçılara qarşı mübarizəsi ― The struggle of the Irish people against the British invaders

   Synonym: əleyhinə

   Antonym: leyhinə

2. (with dative) towards

   azlıqlara qarşı dözümlülük ― tolerance towards minorities

   qarşımıza gələn bayram ― the upcoming holiday (literally, “the holiday, that is coming towards us”)

3. (with genitive) in front of

   Binanın qarşısında xeyli adam toplaşmışdı. ― A lot of people had gathered in front of the house

Adjective

qarşı

1. opposite, counterpart

   Qarşı tərəf buna razılaşmadı. ― The counterpart didn't agree to this.

Derived terms

• qarşılamaq (“to meet”)
• qarşılıq (“reciprocity”)
• qarşılıqlı (“reciprocal”)