gäri

Swedish

Etymology

Most likely from Turkish karı (“wife”), through an Anatolian dialect where /k/ > /ɡ/, compare guss, guzz (“girl”) from kız.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛːrɪ/, [ˈɡæːɾɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛːrɪ

Noun

gäri c

  1. (slang) girl
    • 2019 March 17, Filip Yifter-Svensson, “’Det är mitt liv det handlar om’”, in Sydsvenskan‎, Malmö, Sweden:
      När saker känns tunga så tänker jag: Jag skulle bara vilja åka iväg med en gäri och ligga i solen på en strand.
      When things feel heavy I think: I’d just like to go somewhere with a girl and lie in the sun on a beach.
    Synonyms: guss, guzz

Declension
Declension of gäri 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gäri gärin gäris, gärisar gärisarna
Genitive gäris gärins gäris, gärisars gärisarnas

References
  1. Nathan Young (2019-10-30), “Benim är vårt nya jag”, in Språktidningen‎ (in Swedish), retrieved 2021-10-19
  2. Swedish Language Council, Twitter, 2014-12-30
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