بكری

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From a derivation of Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Compare بكا (baña, “to me”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (bañarı), etc.

Adverb

بكری • (bañarı)

1. hither, towards me

Antonyms

• بری (beri)

Derived terms

• آكاری بكری (añarı-bañarı, “hither and thither”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بكری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 376