üzeri

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوزری,[1] from Proto-Turkic *hüŕ, *hüz-, *ȫŕ, *ǖŕ (“move up, on top, high above, upper part, surface”). Compare Old Turkic 𐰇𐰕𐰀 (üze, “above, over”).

Preposition

üzeri

  1. above, over, on
  2. by, via; through; about, around, among
  3. across
  4. about to

Postposition

üzeri

  1. (following accusative) throughout
    Bütün gün üzeri.
    Throughout the entire day.

References
  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوزر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 186
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