kıro
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Northern Kurdish kuro, vocative of kur (“boy, son”). (sense 2, 3) is rather a neologism, and as such, might as well be a derivation from kır (“countryside”) or a combination of both.
Noun
editkıro (definite accusative kıroyu, plural kırolar)
- clodhopper (peasant or yokel)
- In contemporary usage (in Western Turkey) used to describe any uncultured person, regardless of ethnicity, and much less as an ethnic slur.
- (derogatory) A person from countryside living in a metropolitan area , viewed as being unsophisticated and/or naive.
Declension
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Nominative | kıro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | kıroyu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | kıro | kırolar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | kıroyu | kıroları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | kıroya | kırolara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | kıroda | kırolarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | kırodan | kırolardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | kıronun | kıroların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kıro”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2629
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kıro”, in Nişanyan Sözlük