kervansaray
noun C1- caravanserai
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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: kervansarayında. 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: kervansarayıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Kervansaraylar, develerle ağır yük taşıyan kervanların bir günde alabileceği yol gözetilerek genellikle otuz ila kırk kilometre arayla kurulmuştu.
The caravanserais had been set up, usually thirty to forty kilometers apart, with an eye to the distance that caravans carrying heavy loads on camels could cover in a day.
Büyük kervansaraylarda ahırların yanı sıra hamam, nalbant ve hasta yolcular için bir hekim de bulunurdu.
In the large caravanserais there were, besides the stables, a bathhouse, a farrier, and even a physician for sick travelers.
Yemekleri, hayvanlarının yemi, hatta yıpranan ayakkabılarının tamiri bile, kervansarayı ayakta tutan vakfın gelirleriyle karşılanırdı.
Their meals, their animals' fodder, even the mending of their worn-out shoes were paid for out of the income of the endowment that kept the caravanserai going.
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