üzeri

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰇𐰕𐰀‎ (üze, “above, over”), from Proto-Turkic *hüŕ, *hüz-, *ȫŕ, *ǖŕ (“move up, on top, high above, upper part, surface”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *ōŕi (“to rise, up”) (compare Japanese 末 (ura, “tip, top end”), Mongolian өргөх (örgöh, “to lift, to raise”)). Related to üst, yüz, yüzmek.

Preposition

üzeri

1. above, over, on
2. by, via; through; about, around, among
3. across
4. about to

Postposition

üzeri

1. (following accusative) throughout

   Bütün gün üzeri.

   Throughout the entire day.

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “üzere”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• *ṓŕi, Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill