yeniçeri
noun C1- janissary
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in yeniçerim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yeniçerisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yeniçerisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yeniçerisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yeniçerisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
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Yeniçeriler kazan devirmişler, sipâhî zorbaları zâbitlerini parçalamışlar, payitahtı yağmaya hazırlanmışlardı.
Bir sene sonra harp bitmiş, yeniçeriler terbiye edilmiş, sipâhîler nizama konulmuş, hırsızlar, uğursuzlar temizlenmişti.
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