el
noun- country, homeland, province
- tribe
- a foreign person
- any other person than oneself; others, other people
- any other person than the oneself and the people the spoken to
- any person that the one does not know or recognize, strangers, foreigners
- any person that is not a part of one's nation, tribe, family, clan etc.
- land, territory, region
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain elcountry
immy
The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
elcountry
lerplural
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
elcountry
ihis/her
ndein/at
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: elinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
elcountry
ihis/her
ylewith/by
The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: eliyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
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From the library
Cânan gülüyor eski yerinde
Cânan ki gündüzleri gelmez,
Akşam görünür havuz üzerinde;
Mehtab kemer taze belinde,
Üstünde sema gizli bir örtü,
Yıldızlar onun güldür elinde...
Gecenin mevti ufku bağlamadan
Susmadan her teneffüs-i zinde,
Ey sen
Ki sönmemiş zer-i zülfünde son ziyâ-yı nehâr,
Bu genç elinle bu yorgun cebîn-i lâlimi sar,
Ve sonra git.
İşin içyüzünü bilenler, o kolunda taşıdığı kat kat sırmaları Saraylı Hanımın sayesinde kazandığını; yani, düğün olmadan evvel el öpmelik binbaşılığı, sonra da kandillerde, bayramlarda münasebet düştükçe kaymakamlığı, miralaylığı, livâlığı, Meşrutiyet'ten bir sene evvel de ferikliği yakalamış olduğunu hikâye ederler...
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