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
    Synonyms: guss, guzz
    • 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.

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 October 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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