çekirdek
noun B1- kernel
- seed of any kind of fruit or vegetable
- nucleus (large organelle found in cells)
- sunflower seed
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of çekirdek becomes ğ before a vowel: çekirdeğim. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The k of çekirdek becomes ğ before a vowel: çekirdeğinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: çekirdeğinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The k of çekirdek becomes ğ before a vowel: çekirdeğiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: çekirdeğiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Phrases
From the library
Kahve çekirdekleri, bin beş yüzlü yılların ortalarında Osmanlı başkentine ilk kez getirilmiştir.
Coffee beans were brought to the Ottoman capital for the first time in the mid-1500s.
İncecik çekilmiş kahve çekirdekleri, cezve adı verilen özel küçük bir kapta yavaşça pişirilir.
Very finely ground coffee beans are slowly cooked in a special small pot called a cezve.
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