ayrı

Meaning

Adj

1. Placed apart from each other, separate, several.
2. Not same, different, of a different kind.
3. (regional) far, distant

Adv

Alone, as single, separately.

Hyphenated as

ay‧rı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑjˈɾɯ/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آیری (ayrı) or آیرو (ayru), from Proto-Turkic *adruk (“split, separate”), from *adïr- (“to separate”), morphologically ayır- + -ı (deverbal nominal suffix). Cognates with Azerbaijani ayrı, Bashkir айырым (ayırım), Crimean Tatar ayrı, Kazakh айырым (aiyrym), Kyrgyz айры (ayrı), Tatar аерым (ayerım), Turkmen aýry, Uyghur ئايرىم (ayrim), Uzbek ayrim.

Sentences

Oh, dedim, mukadderat bizim ayrı yollarda yürümemizi istemiş, ne yapalım ?

Oh, I said, destiny wanted us to walk on separate paths, what should we do?