çelebi
noun B2- an honorific title given to Bektashi Dedebabas and chief masters of the Mevlevi Order.
- an honorific title given to noble, elegant, educated and knowledgeable people, mostly in Islamic contexts.
- an honorific title given to Sultans.
- a kind and gentle person, a gentleman.
- a Christian merchant.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in çelebim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: çelebisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: çelebisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: çelebisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: çelebisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Gözünün önüne zamanenin paşaları, çelebileri geldi.
Evliya Çelebi, on yedinci yüzyılda yaşamış ünlü bir Osmanlı gezginidir.
Evliya Çelebi is a famous Ottoman traveler who lived in the seventeenth century.
Evliya Çelebi şehirlerin yemeklerini, dillerini, müziğini ve insanlarını canlı bir dille anlatır.
Evliya Çelebi describes the cities’ food, languages, music and people in a lively style.
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