nişasta
noun C1- starch
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in nişastam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: nişastasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: nişastasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: nişastasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: nişastasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Hacı Bekir, bu malzemelerin yerine rafine şeker ve nişasta kullandı.
Hacı Bekir used refined sugar and starch instead of these ingredients.
Lokum yapmak için şeker, su ve nişasta büyük kazanlarda kaynatılır.
To make Turkish delight, sugar, water, and starch are boiled in large cauldrons.
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