gäri
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Most likely from Turkish karı (“wife”), through an Anatolian dialect where /k/ > /ɡ/, compare guss, guzz (“girl”) from kız.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gäri c
- (slang) girl
- 2019 March 17, Filip Yifter-Svensson, “’Det är mitt liv det handlar om’”, in Sydsvenskan[2], 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
[edit]Declension of gäri
References
[edit]- ^ Nathan Young (2019 October 30) “Benim är vårt nya jag”, in Språktidningen[1] (in Swedish), retrieved 2021-10-19
- ^ Swedish Language Council, Twitter, 2014-12-30