sergi

See also: Sergi and sərgi

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سرگی (sergi, “a platform, mat or carpet on which wares are set out for sale, a temporary stall for sale of goods or a collection of such stalls, a kind of fair, an exhibition, a public pay-office”), from Ottoman Turkish سرمك (sermek, “to spread out, to lay in order on the ground, to hang up in full length on a line”), from Proto-Turkic *ser- (“to endure, to be patient, to stay immobile, to spread”), morphologically ser- +‎ -gi. Cognates with Azerbaijani sərgi, Turkmen sergi, Karakhanid سَرُو (serü, “shelf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɾˈɟi/
• Hyphenation: ser‧gi

Noun

sergi (definite accusative sergiyi, plural sergiler)

1. A display platform for a variety of products, an array, a stall.
2. A place or event where works of art are put on display; an exhibit, a gallery.
3. A place where agricultural or industrial products are displayed; an exposition, a fair.
4. (colloquial, regional) A floormat, rug.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	sergi
Definite accusative	sergiyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sergi	sergiler
Definite accusative	sergiyi	sergileri
Dative	sergiye	sergilere
Locative	sergide	sergilerde
Ablative	sergiden	sergilerden
Genitive	serginin	sergilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular sergim sergilerim 2nd singular sergin sergilerin 3rd singular sergisi sergileri 1st plural sergimiz sergilerimiz 2nd plural serginiz sergileriniz 3rd plural sergileri sergileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular sergimi sergilerimi 2nd singular sergini sergilerini 3rd singular sergisini sergilerini 1st plural sergimizi sergilerimizi 2nd plural serginizi sergilerinizi 3rd plural sergilerini sergilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular sergime sergilerime 2nd singular sergine sergilerine 3rd singular sergisine sergilerine 1st plural sergimize sergilerimize 2nd plural serginize sergilerinize 3rd plural sergilerine sergilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular sergimde sergilerimde 2nd singular serginde sergilerinde 3rd singular sergisinde sergilerinde 1st plural sergimizde sergilerimizde 2nd plural serginizde sergilerinizde 3rd plural sergilerinde sergilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular sergimden sergilerimden 2nd singular serginden sergilerinden 3rd singular sergisinden sergilerinden 1st plural sergimizden sergilerimizden 2nd plural serginizden sergilerinizden 3rd plural sergilerinden sergilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular sergimin sergilerimin 2nd singular serginin sergilerinin 3rd singular sergisinin sergilerinin 1st plural sergimizin sergilerimizin 2nd plural serginizin sergilerinizin 3rd plural sergilerinin sergilerinin

Derived terms

• karma sergi
• kişisel sergi
• sergi açmak
• sergi salonu
• sergi sermek
• sergici
• sergievi
• sergikarası
• sergilemek
• tersane sergisi

 

Related terms

• sere serpe
• sergen

 

Further reading

• “sergi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sergi¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4156