yer
noun A1- place, location · O yere hiç gitmedim., I’ve never been there.
- the ground, the earth · Yerin üçte ikisi sularla kaplıdır., Two thirds of the earth is covered with water.
- ground, floor · elindekini yere düşürdü, (s)he dropped the thing on his hands to the ground/floor
- land, territory
- location, position
- site, place, a location where an event occurs
- position, rank
- importance · Türkiye'nin Asya'daki yeri, the importance of Turkey in Asia
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain yerplace
immy
The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
yerplace
lerplural
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
yerplace
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: yerinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
yerplace
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: yeriyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
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Phrases
From the library
Bak, bak, her gün bir omuz silkmekle geçen aşinalar şimdi kandillli temennâlarla yerlere kadar eğilerek:
— Efendim memuriyet-i cedîdenizde muvaffakiyetler temenni eder ve arz-ı tebrikat ederim.
Galiba şimdi de mahalle bakkallığını mı yiyim yeri yaptın?
Etrafımızda, gündüzün bütün uyuz ağaçları yerine zengin bir orman vücud bulmuştu.
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