yalı
noun C1- shore, strand, beach, bank
- waterside house or mansion
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in yalım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yalısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yalısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yalısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yalısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
İstanbul'un simgelerinden biri olan Boğaziçi, kıyılarına inci gibi dizilmiş ahşap yalılarla doludur.
The shores of the Bosphorus, which is one of the symbols of Istanbul, are full of wooden mansions lined up like pearls.
O zamanlar ulaşım çoğunlukla deniz yoluyla sağlandığı için yalıların kendi kayıkhaneleri bulunurdu.
Because transportation was mostly provided by sea back then, the mansions had their own boathouses.
Yalıların mimarisinde ahşap malzemenin tercih edilmesi, onlara hem hafiflik hem de estetik bir görünüm kazandırmıştır.
The preference for wooden material in the architecture of the mansions has given them both lightness and an aesthetic appearance.
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