Turkish

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Etymology

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Compound of bir (a, one, indefinite determiner) +‎ nevi (kind, type, sort), deteriorated, superseded form of nev, from Arabic نَوْع (nawʕ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾ.ne.vi/
  • Hyphenation: bir‧ne‧vi

Adjective

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bir nevi

  1. some sort, some kind

Declension

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Adverb

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bir nevi

  1. in a way, sort of
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Further reading

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  • bir nevi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu