angarya
noun C1- compulsory work
- corvee
- a warring state taking advantage of a foreign state's merchant ships in its waters by confiscating them
- a state in extraordinary circumstances or in martial law confiscating its residents' vehicles
- internal services other than drills in the Ottoman army
- heavy work done on or outside of the ship, apart from the main services in the ship's program
- drudgery, donkeywork, chore
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in angaryam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: angaryasında. 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: angaryasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: angaryasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: angaryasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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