qeyri-

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Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic гејри-
Abjad classical sp غیر
new sp غئیری-

Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian غیرـ (ğeyr-e-), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr) + Persian ezafe. Cognate with Turkish gayri- (Ottoman Turkish غیر (gayr-i)), Uyghur غەيرى (gheyri), Uzbek gʻayri-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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qeyri-

  1. un-, non-, in-
    Synonym: na-
    qeyri- + ‎mümkün (possible) → ‎qeyri-mümkün (impossible)
    qeyri- + ‎iş günləri (working days) → ‎qeyri-iş günləri (non-working days)

Usage notes

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  • qeyri- is separated from the word whose meaning it reverses by a hyphen. However, no hyphen is used for qeyri when it is used as the determiner another.
  • qeyri- can be stressed.

Derived terms

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