liman
noun B1- port, haven, harbor
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Tap for its suffix chainThe 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 last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: limanında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: limanıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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From the library
Piri Reis'in öbür önemli eseri, kısaca Bahriye diye anılan ve Akdeniz'in limanlarını, adalarını, koylarını ayrıntılı çizimlerle anlatan bir denizcilik kılavuzudur.
Piri Reis’s other major work, known simply as the Bahriye (in full, Kitab-ı Bahriye, “Book of the Sea”), is a sailing guide that describes the harbors, islands and bays of the Mediterranean with detailed drawings.
Kanuni Sultan Süleyman'a 1526'da sunulan genişletilmiş nüshası, denizcilere hangi limanda nereye demir atılacağını bile gösterir.
Its expanded copy, presented to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in 1526, even shows sailors where to drop anchor in each harbor.
Doğuda İran'a, güneyde Akdeniz limanlarına, kuzeyde Karadeniz kıyılarına uzanan bu yollar, İpek Yolu adıyla bilinen geniş ağın bir parçasıydı.
These roads, which stretched to Iran in the east, to the Mediterranean ports in the south and to the Black Sea coast in the north, were part of the vast network known as the Silk Road.
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