mahalle
noun A2- neighbourhood, quarter (division or section of a town or city)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in mahallem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mahallesinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: mahallesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mahallesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: mahallesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Fakat günün birinde vesika şekerini tevzi ederken köyün sayılı sulularından, hatta azılılarından Takunyalı Fitnat namında bir kadın, ona bir bayrak açtı, bütün mahalleyi bir anda başına topladı.
Galiba şimdi de mahalle bakkallığını mı yiyim yeri yaptın?
Câbir Paşa, bu vakadan sonra mahalle bakkallığına tövbekâr oldu.
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