yazıt
noun C2- carved inscription, stele · Orhun Yazıtları, the Orkhon Inscriptions
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yazıtında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yazıtıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Tarihsel kaynaklara baktığımızda, Türkçenin bilinen en eski yazılı belgelerinin sekizinci yüzyılda dikilen Orhun Yazıtları olduğunu açıkça görürüz.
When we look at historical sources, we clearly see that the oldest known written documents of Turkish are the Orkhon Inscriptions erected in the eighth century.
Yazıtlarda kullanılan zengin kelime dağarcığı ve etkileyici anlatım gücü, Türkçenin yazılı bir edebiyat dili olarak çok daha eskilere dayandığını düşündürmektedir.
The rich vocabulary and impressive expressive power used in the inscriptions suggest that Turkish dates back much further as a written literary language.
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