irəli

Azerbaijani
Other scripts
Cyrillic ирәли
Abjad ایرلی

Etymology

From metathesis of an earlier form, compare Turkish ileri. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇 (il²gr²ü /⁠ilgerü⁠/),[1] Kipchak ilgari,[2] Bashkir элгәре (elgəre, “earlier; first”). Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *il(i)k (“front, before; East;”),[3] whence also Azerbaijani ilk (“first”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [iræˈli]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ir‧ə‧li

Adverb

irəli

  1. forwards
    Bir addım irəli, iki addım geri.
    One step forward, two steps back.
    Synonym: qabağa
    Antonym: geri

Derived terms
  • irəliləmə (“advancement”)
  • irəliləyiş (“improvement, progress”)

Descendants
  • → Lezgi: ирели (ireli), ⇒ Lezgi: ирели авун (ireli avun)

References
  1. Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ileri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*il(i)k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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