daire
noun A2- the inner part of a full circle
- apartment (short for apartman dairesi)
- office, department
- dayereh
- tambourine
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in dairem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: dairesinde. 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: dairesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: dairesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: dairesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Sonra muhtelif dairelere müteahhit oldu.
Zaten Devr-i Saadet'te, harem-selamlık o koca daireyi eline geçen ihsanlar, maaşlarla ancak idare edebiliyordu.
Geçen ay yan daireye yeni bir komşu taşındı.
Last month a new neighbor moved into the apartment next door.
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