erif

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish حریف (ḥärīf), from Arabic حَرِيف (ḥarīf). Compare Turkish herif, Azerbaijani hərif

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈrif/
• Hyphenation: e‧rif

Noun

erif (definite accusative erifi, plural eriflär)

1. man

   Synonyms: adam, erkek

2. guy, young man
3. clerk, man of service

Declension

Declension of erif

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	erif	eriflär
definite accusative (belirtme)	erifi	erifleri
dative (yönelme)	erifä	eriflerä
locative (bulunma)	eriftä	eriflerdä
ablative (çıkma)	eriftän	eriflerdän
genitive (tamlayan)	erifin	eriflerin

Further reading

• Ciachir, Mihail (1938), “erif”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 48
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “erif”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 178
• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “erif”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 61