direct

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Berevajî
indirect
Pircarînî

B1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Borrowed from Latin dīrectus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho. For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”).

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