ünlü
noun A2- celebrity
- a great
- vowel (abbreviated)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in ünlüm.
The last vowel, ü, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ünlüsünde. The last vowel, ü, is front and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sü. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: ünlüsünde. The last vowel, ü, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ünlüsüyle. The last vowel, ü, is front and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sü. After a vowel, y joins the ending: ünlüsüyle. The last vowel, ü, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Phrases
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En ünlü yer altı şehirlerinden biri Derinkuyu'dur.
One of the most famous underground cities is Derinkuyu.
Evliya Çelebi, on yedinci yüzyılda yaşamış ünlü bir Osmanlı gezginidir.
Evliya Çelebi is a famous Ottoman traveler who lived in the seventeenth century.
Gelibolu'da yetişen Piri Reis, gençliğini ünlü denizci amcası Kemal Reis'in gemilerinde geçirerek Akdeniz'i karış karış tanıdı.
Piri Reis, who grew up in Gallipoli, spent his youth on the ships of his famous seafaring uncle Kemal Reis and came to know every inch of the Mediterranean.
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