yurt
noun A2- A piece of land on which a nation resides and which forms its culture; homeland. · ata yurdu, homeland · ana yurt, motherland
- One's hometown or native country.
- A student dormitory, a dorm. · öğrenci yurdu, dormitory
- An institution for people in need of care; a shelter or an orphanage. · yetiştirme yurdu, orphanage
- A tent nomadic Turkic and Mongolic peoples lived in; a yurt.
- land, domain, realm
- (of plants, animals) natural habitat
- The place where Yörüks stay over the summer or winter.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe t of yurt becomes d before a vowel: yurdum. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The t of yurt becomes d before a vowel: yurdunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yurdunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The t of yurt becomes d before a vowel: yurduyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yurduyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
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Üniversitenin yurdunda kalıyorum ve odamı üç kişiyle paylaşıyorum.
I live in the university dorm, and I share my room with three people.
Yurtta tanıştığım arkadaşlar Türkiye'nin farklı şehirlerinden geliyor.
The friends I met in the dorm come from different cities in Turkey.
Yurda döndüğünde öğretmenlik ve ticaret gibi işler denedi; ancak hiçbirinde uzun süre kalmayıp sonunda kendini bütünüyle yazmaya verdi.
Back home, he tried jobs such as teaching and trade, but he stayed in none of them for long and in the end devoted himself entirely to writing.
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