قارشو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • قارشی (karşı), قرشو (karşu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *karĺčï (“opposite”), a development of *kar- (“to disagree; to be opposite”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qarşı, Bashkir ҡаршы (qarşı), Chuvash хирӗҫ (hirĕś), Kazakh қарсы (qarsy), Kyrgyz каршы (karşı), Turkmen garşy, Uyghur قارشى (qarshi) and Uzbek qarshi.

Postposition

قارشو • (karşı or karşu) (with dative)

  1. opposite, across from, facing
  2. against, in contrast or in a contrary direction

Adjective

قارشو • (karşı or karşu)

  1. opposing, opposed, antagonistic, acting in opposition

Noun

قارشو • (karşı or karşu)

  1. opposite, a place or direction opposite to a person or thing
    • 1910 April 24, “دوقتور صوجیان [Doctor Sudjian]”, in Tercüman-i Ahval, page 4:
      هر كون صباحدن آقشامه قدر باغچه قپوسنده بیك بر چشید مغازه‌سی قارشوسنده میناسیان جزاخانه‌سنده بولنور.
      Her gün sabahdan akşama kadar Bahçekapısında "Binbir Çeşid" mağazası karşısında Minasyan cezahanesinde bulunur.
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Descendants
  • Turkish: karşı
  • → Albanian: karshi
  • → Bulgarian: карши́ (karší)
  • → Macedonian: карши (karši)

Further reading
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