zam
noun B2- surcharge
- increase in price · Benzinden sonra dizeli de zam vurdu., After gasoline an increase in price also hit diesel.
- salary raise · Memurlara %17 zam verdik., We gave civil servants a 17% salary raise.
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Tap for its suffix chainThe m of zam becomes m before a vowel: zammım. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The m of zam becomes m before a vowel: zammında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: zammında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The m of zam becomes m before a vowel: zammıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: zammıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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