ҡаршы

Bashkir

Etymology

From *qaršu "opposite" (compare Old Turkic [script needed] (qaršu), Old Turkic [script needed] (qaršï, “opposite”)), from Proto-Turkic *Kar- (“opposite; be opposite, meet”).

Cognate with Kazakh қарсы (qarsı), Kyrgyz каршы (karşı), Uzbek qarshi, Uyghur قارشى‎ (qarshi), Azerbaijani qarşı, Turkish karşı (“opposite, against”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [qɑr.ˈʂɯ̞]
  • Hyphenation: ҡар‧шы

Postposition

ҡаршы • (qaršï) (takes dative case)

  1. (location) in front of, opposite
  2. (time) when a certain time or a routine event is approaching; close to, near; on the eve of
    Төнгә ҡаршы.
    Töngä qaršï.
    When it's nearly dark, when the night is about to begin.
    Таңға ҡаршы.
    Tañğa qaršï.
    When the dawn is about to break.
  3. against
    Ҡауаҡҡа ҡаршы шампунь.
    Qawaqqa qaršï šampun’.
    Shampoo against dandruff.
    Илдә тәмәке тартыуға ҡаршы аҙналыҡ башланды.
    Ildä tämäke tartïwğa qaršï aðnalïq bašlandï.
    A weekly campaign against tobacco smoking has begun in the country.
  4. contrary to, in spite of, in defiance, against
    Йолаға ҡаршы.
    Yolağa qaršï.
    Against the tradition.

Adjective

ҡаршы • (qaršï)

  1. opposite; counter..., head... (coming from in front, coming from the opposite direction)
    Ҡаршы ел.
    Qaršï yel.
    Headwind.
    Ҡаршы һыҙат.
    Qaršï hïðat.
    The opposite lane.
    Ҡаршы машина.
    Qaršï mašina.
    An oncoming vehicle.
  2. reciprocal, in return

Derived terms
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