namus
noun B2- honor
- chastity (the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, sexual intercourse.)
- code of honour
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain namushonor
ummy
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
namushonor
larplural
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
namushonor
uhis/her
ndain/at
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: namusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
namushonor
uhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: namusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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From the library
Dışından —bir dakika evvel o kadar tatlı tatlı muhabbet ettiği arkadaşına— acı acı haykırdı:
— Haydi beraber gidelim, ben de senden namus davası edeceğim!
Hem de namus davası ediyorum.
Namusun temizlenir.
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