elçilik
noun C1- embassy
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of elçilik becomes ğ before a vowel: elçiliğim. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The k of elçilik becomes ğ before a vowel: elçiliğinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: elçiliğinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The k of elçilik becomes ğ before a vowel: elçiliğiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: elçiliğiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Osmanlı sarayı ile Avrupa elçilikleri arasında duran tercümanlar, kelimelerin çok ötesinde bir anlam dünyasının taşıyıcıları olarak tarihe geçmişlerdir.
The interpreters standing between the Ottoman palace and the European embassies have gone down in history as carriers of a world of meaning far beyond words.
Babalarından öğrendikleri yabancı dilleri ve diplomatik usulleri kendi çocuklarına öğreterek, saray ile elçilikler arasındaki bu hayati iletişimin kesintisiz sürmesini sağladılar.
By teaching the foreign languages and diplomatic procedures they learned from their fathers to their own children, they ensured the uninterrupted continuation of this vital communication between the palace and the embassies.
Elçilik binalarının serin koridorlarından sarayın gösterişli salonlarına uzanan bu yolda, tercümanların attığı her adım büyük bir dikkat gerektiriyordu.
On this path extending from the cool corridors of the embassy buildings to the ostentatious halls of the palace, every step taken by the interpreters required great attention.
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