طوغری

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Turkic *togru (“straight; right; true”); cognate with Azerbaijani doğru, Kyrgyz туура (tuura), Turkmen dogry and Uzbek toʻgʻri.

    Adjective

    طوغری • (doğrı, doğru)

    1. straight, not crooked, curly, or bent, having a constant direction throughout its length
      Synonyms: راست (râst), مستقیم (müstekim)
    2. upright, vertical, erect, standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down
    3. level, having the same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground
      Synonyms: دوز (düz), سوی (seviy)
    4. true, conforming to the actual state of reality or fact, factually correct
      Synonyms: حقیقی (hakikî), كرچك (gerçek)
    5. true, right, correct, accurate, free from errors or mistakes, complying with correctness
      Synonym: راست (râst)

    Derived terms

    • طوغریجه (doğruca, “pretty straight or true”)
    • طوغریدن طوغری‌یه (doğrudan doğruya, “directly”)
    • طوغریلامق (doğrulamak, “to correct”)
    • طوغریلق (doğruluk, “straightness”)

    Descendants

    • Turkish: doğru
    • → Moroccan Arabic: دغري (duḡri)
    • → North Levantine Arabic: دغري (diḡri)
    • → South Levantine Arabic: دغري (duḡri)
    • → Hebrew: דוגרי (duḡri)

    Noun

    طوغری • (doğru)

    1. truth, true facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality
    2. right, that which complies with justice, law or reason

    Interjection

    طوغری • (doğru)

    1. true!

    Further reading

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