yer
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]yer
See also
[edit]English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Most likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/jəː/) and a non-high vowel (/ə/, /ɪə/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/jəɹ ʌɪ nəʊ/).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]yer
- (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of yeah, yes.
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Russian ер (jer, “ъ”) and ерь (jerʹ, “ь”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer (plural yers)
- Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
See also
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From you.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]yer
- (UK, slang, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of you. (plural or singular)
- 1916 April 13, Oswald Kendall, “The Romance of the Martin Connor”, in The Youth's Companion[1], volume 90, number 15, page 198, column 2:
- "Thet one in the Formosa Channel was tremenjus. The velocity of the wind tetched a ’undred and forty mile,—so it was computed at Taipei,— arfter which it blew the wind gedge away. Yer need a string to yer ’at in a breeze like thet!"
- 1992, Mary Jane Staples, Sergeant Joe:
- 'Still, yer got nice looks,' said Ella.
Derived terms
[edit]Contraction
[edit]yer
- (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of you're, you are.
- 1991, Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life, London: Virago Press Ltd:
- Yer a lotta nosey parkers.
- 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
Determiner
[edit]yer
- (UK, Southern US, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of your.
- 1991, Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost, London: Random Century Group:
- 'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.
- 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: House of Joustus:
- Old Lady: 'HOLLER AT THAT FELLER IN THE CHEST DOWNSTAIRS. IF Y'NEED CARDS, HE'S YER MAIN MAN, HEH HEH!'
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | јер | |
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Abjad | یئر |
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یر (yẹr), from Proto-Turkic *yẹr.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir), Turkish yer, Gagauz er, Turkmen ýer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerlər)
- ground
- Yerdən götürdüyünü ağzına salma! ― Don't put into your mouth anything you picked from the ground!
- place, location
- Bütün sənədlər bir yerdə saxlanılmalıdır ― All the documents must be kept in one place.
- space
- (colloquial) bed, mattress, bedding
- Hər səhər öz yerini yığmalısan. ― You must tidy your bedding up every morning.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | yer | yerlər |
definite accusative | yeri | yerləri |
dative | yerə | yerlərə |
locative | yerdə | yerlərdə |
ablative | yerdən | yerlərdən |
definite genitive | yerin | yerlərin |
Derived terms
[edit]- yerbəyer (“in good order; well installed”)
- yerli (“local”)
- yerlibazlıq (“unjustly favoring of one's fellow countrypeople”)
- yerləşmək (“to be located”)
- yerləşdirmək (“to locate; to place”)
- yersiz (“out of place”)
- yerlik hal (“locative”)
References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jẹr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Blagar
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer
References
[edit]- Paideuma, volume 52 (2006), page 152
Breton
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer f pl
Cornish
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer f pl
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹr.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir) and Azerbaijani yer.
Noun
[edit]yer
Declension
[edit]nominative | yer |
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genitive | yerniñ |
dative | yerge |
accusative | yerni |
locative | yerde |
ablative | yerden |
References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jẹr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Khalaj
[edit]Perso-Arabic | یئر |
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *yẹr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer (definite accusative yerü, plural yerlər)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | yer | yerlər |
genitive | yerü̂ñ | yerlərü̂ñ |
dative | yerkə | yerlərkə |
definite accusative | yerü | yerlərü |
locative | yerçə | yerlərçə |
ablative | yerdə | yerlərdə |
instrumental | yerlə | yerlərlə |
equative | yervâra | yerlərvâra |
References
[edit]- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
Mauritian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]yer
Derived terms
[edit]Meroitic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]yer
- Romanization of 𐦤𐦡𐦫
Scots
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]yer
Serer
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Fula-Serer *yɛr, whence also Fula yarugol.[1]
Verb
[edit]yer
- to drink
References
[edit]Turkish
[edit]
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish یر, from Old Anatolian Turkish یر (yẹr), from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Compare Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir), Azerbaijani yer, Gagauz er, Turkmen ýer.
Noun
[edit]yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerler)
- place, location
- O yere hiç gitmedim. ― I’ve never been there. (literally, “to that place”)
- the ground, the earth
- ground, floor
- elindekini yere düşürdü ― he dropped the thing on his hands to the ground/floor
- land, territory
- location, position
- Synonym: konum
- site, place, a location where an event occurs
- position, rank
- importance
- Synonym: önem
- Türkiye'nin Asya'daki yeri ― the importance of Turkey in Asia
- any part of a person
- (euphemistic) butt, buttocks, ass
- yerini duvara vurmuş ― he hit his butt to the wall
- bir yerinden uyduruyor ― he is making it up from his butt
- mark
- Synonym: iz
- place, shoes, situation
- Synonym: durum
- yerimde olsan ne yapardın? ― what would you do if you were in my shoes/place?
- place, capacity of housing, residence or presence
- evde bana da yeriniz var mı? ― do you have a place in your house for me too?
- property, estate, specifically a one suitable for housing or residency
- Synonym: arsa
- arable soil
- (Trabzon, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Ordu) farm
- Synonym: tarla
- (Afyonkarahisar, Amasya, Ordu, Trabzon, Kars, Erzincan, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Sivas, Niğde) bed
- Synonym: yatak
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- abdestsiz yere basmamak
- aç yeri başka, acı yeri başka
- adam yerine koymak
- adamın yere bakanından, suyun yavaş akanından kork
- âdet yerini bulsun diye
- ağaca çıksa pabucu yerde kalmaz
- ağır taş yerinden oynamaz
- ağzı burnu yerinde
- ağzının içi yangın yerine dönmek
- ah yerde kalmaz
- aklı başka yerde olmak
- alçak yerde tepecik kendisini dağ sanır
- altın yerde paslanmaz, taş yağmurdan ıslanmaz
- anası yerinde
- aptal yerine koymak
- arkası yere gelmemek
- ateş düştüğü yeri yakar
- ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz
- ayağı yerden kesilmek
- ayağının bastığı yerde ot bitmez
- ayakları yere değmemek
- ayaklarını yerden kesmek
- boyu bosu yerinde
- el beğenmezse yer beğensin
- hak yerde kalmaz
- her yer
- iğne atsan yere düşmez
- mazlumun ahı yerde kalmaz
- pazar yerine dönmek
- sırtını yere getirmek
- yangın yeri
- yer açmak
- yer adı
- yer almak
- yer altı geçidi
- yer bilimi
- yer cücesi
- yer çekimi
- yer çekirdeği
- yer elması
- yer fıstığı
- yer kabul etmez
- yer kaplamak
- yer yarılıp da içine girmek
- yer yer
- yeraltı
- yerberi
- yerde kalmak
- yerdegezen
- yerden bitme
- yerden göğe kadar
- yerden yere vurmak
- yere bakan yürek yakan
- yere batmak
- yere sermek
- yeregeçen
- yeri
- yeri başka
- yeri gelmek
- yeri göğü inletmek
- yeridir
- yerinde
- yerini doldurmak
- yerini tutmak
- yerküre
- yerle bir etmek
- yerle yeksan etmek
- yerlerde sürünmek
- yerleşmek
- yerleştirmek
- yerli
- yerli yerinde
- yermerkezci
- yeröte
- yersel
- yersiz
- yeryüzü
- yüreği yerinden oynamak
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]yer
Further reading
[edit]- “yer”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- “yer”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
- Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “yer”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu
- Eren, Hasan (1999) “yer”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language][3] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yer”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
Uzbek
[edit]Yangi Imlo | |
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Cyrillic | ер |
Latin | yer |
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) |

Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Chagatai یر, from Proto-Turkic *yẹr (“earth”). Cognate with Uyghur يەر (yer), Turkmen ýer, Azerbaijani yer, Turkish yer; Kazakh жер (jer), Kyrgyz жер (jer); etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yer (plural yerlar)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | yer | yerlar |
genitive | yerning | yerlarning |
dative | yerga | yerlarga |
definite accusative | yerni | yerlarni |
locative | yerda | yerlarda |
ablative | yerdan | yerlardan |
similative | yerdek | yerlardek |
Yola
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English your, from Old English ēower, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]yer
- your
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 45:
- Yer hele.
- Your health (a toast).
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:
- wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;
- to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 2-4:
- ye wake o'hopes ee-blighte, stampe na yer zwae be rare an lightzom.
- the consequence of disappointed hopes, confirms your rule to be rare and enlightened.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80
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