mantı
noun C1- manti (meat-filled dumpling found in Turkish, Caucasian, and Central Asian cuisine)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in mantım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mantısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: mantısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mantısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: mantısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Yoğurt ve tereyağıyla servis edilen Kayseri mantısı ile sacda pişirilen gözleme, bu sade ama ustalık isteyen mutfağın en bilinen örnekleridir.
Kayseri mantı, served with yogurt and butter, and gözleme, cooked on a griddle, are the best-known examples of this simple but demanding cuisine.
Anneanne gülümsedi, “ Bugün meşhur Kayseri mantısı yapacağız.”
Grandma smiled, "Today we will make famous Kayseri manti."
Zehra sevinçle bağırdı, “ Çok güzel, mantı yapmayı öğrenmek istiyorum.”
Zehra shouted with joy, "Awesome! I want to learn how to make manti."
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