Yörük
noun B2- Yörük, a member of a nomadic Turkish subgroup of Oghuz descent inhabiting the mountains of Anatolia
- the name given to Timariots soldiers in the Ottoman Empire who were settled in Rumelia
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of yörük becomes ' before a vowel: yörük'üm. The last vowel, ü, is front and rounded, so the “my” ending is -üm.
The last vowel, ü, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The k of yörük becomes ' before a vowel: yörük'ünde. The last vowel, ü, is front and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ü. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yörük'ünde. The last vowel, ü, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The k of yörük becomes ' before a vowel: yörük'üyle. The last vowel, ü, is front and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ü. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yörük'üyle. The last vowel, ü, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Toros Dağları'nın sarp eteklerinde, binlerce yıllık göçebe kültürünün son temsilcileri olan Yörükler yaşar.
The Yörüks, who are the last representatives of a thousands-of-years-old nomadic culture, live on the steep slopes of the Taurus Mountains.
Yörük kelimesi aslında“ yürüyen” anlamına gelir ve onların doğayla iç içe olan yaşam tarzını mükemmel bir şekilde özetler.
The word Yörük actually means 'walking' and perfectly summarizes their lifestyle intertwined with nature.
Yörüklerin en bilinen simgelerinden biri, tamamen siyah keçi kılından dokunmuş olan geleneksel geniş çadırlardır.
One of the most known symbols of the Yörüks is the traditional wide tents woven entirely from black goat hair.
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