gibi

See also: gibi-

Portuguese

Etymology
  • Sense 1: etimology unknown
  • Sense 2: Genericized trademark from Gibi, a comic book with a black boy as its mascot (see sense 1).

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒiˈbi/ [ʒiˈβi]

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: gi‧bi

Noun

gibi m (plural gibis)

  1. (obsolete, derogatory, Brazil) black boy;
  2. (Brazil) comics; comic book
    Synonyms: banda desenhada, revista em quadrinhos

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gibi.

Derived terms

See also

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish گبی (gibi), from Proto-Turkic *kēpi (“like”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟibi/
  • Audio(file)

Postposition

gibi

  1. like (similar to)
    Annen gibi konuşuyorsun.
    You are talking like your mother.
  2. such as
    Vietnam, Kamboçya ve Laos gibi Asya ülkeleri…
    Asian countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos…

Further reading
  • “gibi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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