kervan
noun C1- caravan (a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)
Forms you’ll meet
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: kervanında. 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: kervanıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Eteğinde kervan işler,
Yükseğinde döner kuşlar.
Kervansaraylar, develerle ağır yük taşıyan kervanların bir günde alabileceği yol gözetilerek genellikle otuz ila kırk kilometre arayla kurulmuştu.
The caravanserais had been set up, usually thirty to forty kilometers apart, with an eye to the distance that caravans carrying heavy loads on camels could cover in a day.
Tabletlerin zengin içeriği incelendiğinde, tüccarların borç senetlerinden kervan masraflarına, ortaklık anlaşmalarından kişisel mektuplara kadar geniş bir yelpazede yazışmalar yaptıkları açıkça görülmektedir.
When the rich content of the tablets is examined, it is clearly seen that the merchants engaged in correspondence in a wide range, from debt notes to caravan expenses, from partnership agreements to personal letters.
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