taban
noun B1- sole (of a foot) · ayak tabanı, foot sole
- sole of a shoe · ayakkabı tabanı, shoe sole
- floor
- base, foundation
- base, the lovest level in grading
- base
- root, base
- a type of iron used for weapon manifacture
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Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: tabanında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: tabanıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Şehrin zengin tüccarları ve soyluları, Fırat Nehri manzaralı lüks villalarını muhteşem taban mozaikleriyle süslemişlerdi.
The rich merchants and nobles of the city had decorated their luxury villas overlooking the Euphrates River with magnificent floor mosaics.
Tam o sırada saatin ahşap tabanına incecik harflerle kazınmış bir isim ve tarih dikkatini çekti.
Right at that moment, a name and date engraved in very fine letters on the wooden base of the watch caught her attention.
Hızlı ekonominin dayattığı kar maksimizasyonu mantığı, yavaş şehrin toplumsal dayanışma ve ekolojik saygı prensipleriyle taban tabana zıt bir doğrultuda ilerler.
The profit maximization logic imposed by the fast economy proceeds in a direction diametrically opposed to the slow city's principles of social solidarity and ecological respect.
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