matbaa
noun C1- printing press; printing house; printer (business)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in matbaam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: matbaasında. 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: matbaasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: matbaasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: matbaasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Matbaanın Osmanlı topraklarına ilk kez bu yıllarda gelmesi, dönemin en önemli yeniliklerinden biri olarak kabul edilir.
The arrival of the printing press to Ottoman lands for the first time in these years is considered one of the most important innovations of the period.
Gençliğin o yakıcı ve ele avuca sığmaz sabırsızlığıyla bir an evvel eserinizi matbaa harfleriyle basılmış halde görmek istemenizi elbette gayet iyi anlıyorum.
I certainly understand very well your desire to see your work printed in press letters as soon as possible, with that burning and uncontainable impatience of youth.
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