yüzyıl
noun A2- century (100 years) · 21. yüzyıl, 21st century
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Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yüzyılında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yüzyılıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Evliya Çelebi, on yedinci yüzyılda yaşamış ünlü bir Osmanlı gezginidir.
Evliya Çelebi is a famous Ottoman traveler who lived in the seventeenth century.
Piri Reis, hem denizciliği hem de haritacılığıyla tanınan, on altıncı yüzyılda yaşamış bir Osmanlı amiralidir.
Piri Reis is an Ottoman admiral who lived in the sixteenth century, known for both his seamanship and his mapmaking.
Sait Faik Abasıyanık, yirminci yüzyıl Türk öykücülüğünün en sevilen ve en özgün adlarından biri olarak kabul edilir.
Sait Faik Abasıyanık is regarded as one of the best-loved and most original names in twentieth-century Turkish short-story writing.
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