zan
noun C1- suspicion, presumption, supposition
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe n of zan becomes n before a vowel: zannım. 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 n of zan becomes n before a vowel: zannında. 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: zannında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The n of zan becomes n before a vowel: zannıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: zannıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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From the library
Akşam, hayâtımın şu sükûnetli hâlidir:
Nâlende bir sürûd ile bir yâd-ı pür hazen
Ba'zan olur buhayre-yi kalbimde mevc-zen.
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