kanuni
adjective B2- legal, statutory, legitimate · Kanuni Sultan Süleyman, Sultan Suleiman the Lawful
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kanunim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kanunisinde. 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: kanunisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kanunisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kanunisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Kanuni Sultan Süleyman'a 1526'da sunulan genişletilmiş nüshası, denizcilere hangi limanda nereye demir atılacağını bile gösterir.
Its expanded copy, presented to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in 1526, even shows sailors where to drop anchor in each harbor.
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