karşı

See also: karsi and kärsi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قارشو‎ (karşı, karşu), from Proto-Turkic *kar-. Compare to Azerbaijani qarşı, Kazakh қарсы (qarsy), Kyrgyz каршы (karşı), Uzbek qarshi, Uyghur قارشى‎ (qarshi).

Postposition

karşı (with dative)

  1. opposite (located directly across from)
  2. against
    Faşizme karşı omuz omuza! ― Shoulder to shoulder against fascism! (slogan used in leftist demonstrations)

Noun

karşı (definite accusative karşıyı, plural karşılar)

  1. the opposite place or side; that which is opposite.
    Karşıya geçelim. ― Let’s cross to the other side.

Declension

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