özgür

Meaning

free, unobstructed

Concepts

free

🆓

liberty

liberated

single

spare

unencumbered

emancipated

vacant

free of charge

Opposite of

bağımlı, köle, tutuklu

Synonyms

hür

🆓

bağımsız

serbest

🆓

azat

🆓

müstakil

egemen

caba

🆓

kabuğunu soymak

karşılıksız

kesmek

bedava

🆓

yararlanmak

erkin

Translations

libre

🆓

frei

🆓

libero

🆓

libre

🆓

vrij

🆓

livre

🆓

franc

🆓

azad

serbest

🆓

ελεύθερος

lliure

🆓

vekirî

حُرّ

vrije

Pronounced as (IPA)

/œzˈɡyɾ/

Etymology

Coined by Turkish writer, poet and literary critic Nurullah Ataç, perhaps first in the form *özügür. From the combination of öz (self) and gür, the second part possibly influenced by Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free, unimpeded”).