asgari

Turkish

Alternative forms

• askeri (misspelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اصغری (asgari), from Arabic أَصْغَر (ʔaṣḡar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑs.ɡɑˈɾiː/
• Hyphenation: as‧ga‧ri

Adjective

asgari

1. minimal, minimum

   Emeklilerin yarısı asgari ücretin altında maaş alıyor. ― Half of the retirees receive salaries below the minimum wage.

Further reading

• “asgari”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “asgari”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 313