avlu
noun B2- courtyard, court, yard
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in avlum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: avlusunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: avlusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: avlusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: avlusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
## Kaşağı
Ahırın avlusunda oynarken aşağıda, gümüş söğütler altında görünmeyen derenin hazin şırıltısını işitirdik.
Bu kapıdan girilince, etrafı revaklarla ve odalarla çevrili geniş bir avluya ulaşılırdı; yaz aylarında yolcular bu odalarda kalır, yükler avluda boşaltılırdı.
Once through this gate, one came into a wide courtyard ringed with arcades and rooms; in the summer months travelers stayed in these rooms, and loads were unloaded in the courtyard.
Avlunun ardındaki, kalın sütunlarla taşınan kapalı salon ise kışın hem insanlara hem hayvanlara sığınak olurdu.
The covered hall behind the courtyard, carried on thick pillars, served in winter as a shelter for people and animals alike.
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