بری

See also: بري, تري, ترى, پری, and تري-

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish برو (“bärü”), from Proto-Turkic *berü (“hitherward”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü, “hither, hitherward”).

Postposition

بری • (beri)

1. [with ablative] since

Descendants

• Turkish: beri
• → Armenian: պէրի (pēri)
• → Laz: ბერი (beri)

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy).

Adjective

بری • (berri)

1. terrestrial
2. wild, uncultivated

Descendants

• Turkish: berri

Etymology 3

بر (bir, “one”) +‎ ـی (-i, “possession marker”).

Pronoun

بری • (biri) (definite accusative برنی)

1. someone
2. something
3. [with ablative] one of
   • 1923, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Nur Baba‎^[1], page 20:

     استانبولك یدی تپه‌سندن برنده […]

     İstanbul'ın yedi tepesinden birinde […]

     On one of Istanbul's seven hills […]

Descendants

• Turkish: biri

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 262
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 360
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Pashto

Noun

بری • (baráy) m

1. victory, success

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَرِيء (barīʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ba.ˈɾiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	barī
Dari reading?	barī
Iranian reading?	bari
Tajik reading?	bari

Adjective

بری • (bari)

1. (literary) exempt, immune, unaffected
   • c. 1380, Jahān Malik Khātūn, “Ghazal 245”, in دیوان جهان [Divān-i Jahān]‎^[4]:

     ای بت نامهربان این ستم از بهر چیست
     بر دل بیچاره ای کز دل و از جان بریست

     ay but-i nāmihrabān īn sitam az bahr-i čī-st
     bar dil-i bēčāra ay k-az dil u az jān barī-st

     O unkind idol, for what purpose is this injustice
     Which you deal to my helpless heart, o you who are immune to heart and soul?

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Etymology 2

See the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Shiraz) IPA^(key): [bæˈɾej], [bæˈɾoj]
• (Hamadan) IPA^(key): [beˈɾej]

Preposition

بری • (barey or baroy or berey)

1. dialectal form of برای (barâ-ye)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French brie.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪ.ɾíː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [be.ɹíː]

Readings
Dari reading?	birī
Iranian reading?	beri

Noun

بری • (beri)

1. brie (cheese)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊ.ɾiː/

Adjective

بُری • (burī) (Hindi spelling बुरी)

1. feminine of بُرا (burā)