veli
noun B2- custodian, guardian
- parent · çocuklar velilerine notlarını haber verdiler, the children informed their parents of their grades
- synonym of ermiş
- one of the 99 names of Allah in Islam, meaning the helper of the believers
- friend, acquaintance
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in velim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: velisinde. 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: velisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: velisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: velisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Orhan Veli Kanık, 1914 yılında İstanbul'da doğmuş çok ünlü bir Türk şairidir.
Orhan Veli Kanık is a very famous Turkish poet who was born in Istanbul in 1914.
Ancak Orhan Veli, sokaktaki insanın konuştuğu son derece sade ve doğal dili tercih etti.
However, Orhan Veli preferred the extremely simple and natural language spoken by the person on the street.
Orhan Veli otuz altı yaşında hayatını kaybetse de, bıraktığı eserler asla unutulmadı.
Even though Orhan Veli lost his life at the age of thirty-six, the works he left behind were never forgotten.
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