gibi

Postp

1. like, similar to
2. such as

Pron

something like; anything similar to something previously mentioned

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɟibi/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: گبی

Cognate with Azerbaijani: kimi

Cognate with Uzbek: kabi

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گبی (gibi), from Old Anatolian Turkish كِبِی (gibi, gebi), from Proto-Turkic *kēpi (“like”), from Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, image, example”). Doublet of kip and possibly equivalent to kip + -i.
cognates
Cognate with Gagauz gibi, Azerbaijani kimi, Turkmen kimin, Uzbek kabi, Uyghur كەبى (kebi), and Crimean Tatar kibi.

Concepts

like

as

homo

quasi

ducklike

as if

as well as

equivalently

Synonyms

kadar

benzer

benzeri

sanki

güya

hemen hemen

neredeyse

olarak

sadece

tarzında

tek

üzere

yüzünden

nasıl ki

örneğinde

mucibince

çünkü

eşit

eşit olarak

Translations

wie

comme

come

als

tel que

como

gelijk

quasi

zoals

com

de même que

à la manière de

à l’instard de

مِثْل

ως

Sentences

Aynı baban gibi .

Just like your father.

Her zamanki gibi .

As always.

Tam da düşündüğüm gibi .

Just as I thought.

Seninki de bütün diğerleri gibi değil mi ?

Isn't yours like all the others?

Çünkü birçok insan gibi onun da bir ilişkisi vardır.

Because, like many people, he has a relationship.

Hiçbir şey olmamış gibi , ayağa kalktı .

He stood up, as if nothing had happened.