geri

From Common Turkic *gerü (“back”).

• IPA^(key): [ɡeˈri]
• Hyphenation: ge‧ri

geri

1. back, backwards

   geri almaq ― to take back

   geri qalmaq ― to lag behind

   geri dönmək ― to return / turn around

   geri çəkilmək ― to retreat

   geri düşmək ― to lag behind

   geri durmaq ― to step aside / to eschew

   Synonym: dala

   Antonyms: irəli, qabağa

• geriyəbaxan (“retrospective”)
• geri-geri (“in a backward dicrection”)
• geriləmək (“to retreat”)
• gerilik (“backwardness”)
• geridəqalmış (“outdated, retrograde”)

geri

1. indefinite dative singular of ger

geri

1. Rōmaji transcription of げり

gerī

1. present passive infinitive of gerō (“to carry, bear, wear”)

geri

1. second-person singular present of gerti

geri

1. Alternative form of gery

• “geri (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.

geri

1. first-person singular preterite of gerir

geri ?

1. giraffe

Borrowed from Dutch geel.

geri

1. yellow

From Ottoman Turkish كرو‎ (gerü, “back”), from Proto-Turkic *gerü (“back”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃𐰼𐰇‎ (kérü, “back, west”).

• IPA^(key): [ɡeɾi]
• Hyphenation: ge‧ri

geri (comparative daha geri, superlative en geri)

1. back
2. (figuratively) stupid

• ileri

geri

1. back, backwards
2. again

geri (definite accusative geriyi, plural geriler)

1. rear
2. rest

• ileri

• gene geri
• gerici
• gerilik

geri

1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of èser
2. second-person plural imperfect indicative of èser

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛrɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːrɪ/, /ˈɡɛri/

geri

1. Soft mutation of ceri.