yufka
noun C1- a type of flatbread
- filo or phyllo (thin sheet of dough used for making pastries like baklava)
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in yufkam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yufkasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yufkasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yufkasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yufkasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Antep fıstığıyla yapılan ve ustaların yufkasını neredeyse kâğıt inceliğinde açtığı baklava ise şehrin adıyla birlikte anılır.
Baklava, made with pistachios and with pastry that master bakers roll out almost as thin as paper, is spoken of in the same breath as the city's name.
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