I was told it is like a little dove or something like that in Greek. Is it true?
2007-07-09 15:42:03 · 10 answers · asked by ? 4 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Greece
this word is of turkish origin as Leonarda said
we (in north Greece specially) use it when we love someone and we want to express warm feelings towards him/her !
In Greek language there are many turkish worlds (and vice versa!) and the reason is not only people from Pontus or Mikra Asia or from any part of Turkey, but the matter that we have been under turkish domination for 400 years as well and that made the two cultures mixed in many ways
2007-07-09 19:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by ..Tolia.. 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Leonarda and Tolia could not be more right... There other similar words as tzieri'm etc that where and are used by greeks who's origins are from Minor Asia.
There has been a really big mixture of words, and some turkish words sound pretty much like greek words!
2007-07-10 02:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by AM1706 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Hola Maria,
Yavri is not a greek word.It comes from the turkish word yavru, means baby, sweet...
Mostly, it is used by the greeks refugees of Asia Minor,Constantinopolis, and mostly in the North part of Greece, Macedonia, Thraki, where the majority of population has origines from Asia Minor..or Pontos..
2007-07-10 01:04:09 · answer #3 · answered by Leonarda 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Greece was for many years under turkish conquer, so its natural to have adopted many turkish words. Yavri is a turkish word that means "my love, my soul", we use it for someone we love much its a sweet word especially used by mothers for their children or grandchildren. We use many other turkish words many of them have been also used in greek songs like "givaeri" that means "heart".
2007-07-10 03:09:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anna Mtz 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yavri is a turkish word meaning little boy, or sth. like that, it's used to call a small child that you love. It is used by Greeks too, but it is turkish.
2007-07-10 05:16:56 · answer #5 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yavri is same as yavru. Other meaning might be like this at "yavri morim":
You will learn it(advanced subject) something too many years later. But he is not yavri, but elderly, young or 40s one.
2014-02-14 03:25:42 · answer #6 · answered by profoundprovider 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the word is Turkish
and it is Yavru as they stated above
yavru means infant or young animal that is not yet weaned
or baby, very young child
usually mothers call their children yavrum means my baby
2007-07-10 04:08:16 · answer #7 · answered by єуℓüℓ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is mostly used by older people( eg. grandmothers) to refer to a little kid they love.
but some of the other answers are good too, i just think of this meaning then i hear this word.
2007-07-10 06:50:20 · answer #8 · answered by Elsa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its arabic for ringworm too! Really................
2007-07-09 23:02:46 · answer #9 · answered by rmjones2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok??
2007-07-09 22:50:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋