bir sürü

Turkish

Etymology

Compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) +‎ sürü (“a herd, a flock”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾ.sy.ɾy/; (colloquial) /ˈbi.sy.ɾy/, /ˈbis.sy.ɾy/, /ˈbys.sy.ɾy/
Hyphenation: bir‧sü‧rü

Adverb

many, a lot, heaps of
Synonyms: birçok, pek çok, çokça, bolca

Related terms

Further reading

“bir sürü”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bir sürü”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 619

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