aykırı

  1. contradictory, contrarious
  2. converse, contrary
  3. incompatible
  4. against, opposite

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑjkɯrɯ/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish آیقری (aykırı), mispronunciation of آرقوری (arkurı, “athwart, opposite”). Related to arka and art, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *arka (“back”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (arkuru, “reverse, opposite”).

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