sergi
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish سرگی (sergi, “a platform, mat or carpet on which wares are set out for sale, a temporary stall for sale of goods or a collection of such stalls, a kind of fair, an exhibition, a public pay-office”),[1][2] from Ottoman Turkish سرمك (sermek, “to spread out, to lay in order on the ground, to hang up in full length on a line”), from Proto-Turkic *ser- (“to endure, to be patient, to stay immobile, to spread”),[3][4] morphologically ser- + -gi. Cognates with Azerbaijani sərgi, Turkmen sergi, Karakhanid سَرُو (serü, “shelf”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsergi (definite accusative sergiyi, plural sergiler)
- A display platform for a variety of products, an array, a stall.
- A place or event where works of art are put on display; an exhibit, a gallery.
- A place where agricultural or industrial products are displayed; an exposition, a fair.
- (colloquial, regional) A floormat, rug.
Declension
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editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سرگی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1054
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سرگی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 675
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ser-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sergi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “sergi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sergi¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4156
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