evliya
noun B2- saint, mahatma
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in evliyam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: evliyasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: evliyasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: evliyasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: evliyasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
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Evliya Çelebi, on yedinci yüzyılda yaşamış ünlü bir Osmanlı gezginidir.
Evliya Çelebi is a famous Ottoman traveler who lived in the seventeenth century.
Evliya, gençliğinden beri yeni yerler görmeyi ve insanları tanımayı çok severdi.
Ever since his youth, Evliya loved seeing new places and getting to know people.
Evliya Çelebi şehirlerin yemeklerini, dillerini, müziğini ve insanlarını canlı bir dille anlatır.
Evliya Çelebi describes the cities’ food, languages, music and people in a lively style.
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