var
adjective- there is, there are (not a verb) · İstanbul'da bir kervansaray var., There is a caravanserai in Istanbul. · Yediye yirmi beş var., It's twenty-five to seven.
- it exists · Düşünüyorum, öyleyse varım, I think, therefore I am · Pirinç var mı? — Evet, var., Is there any rice? — Yes, there is.
- Expressing possession, equivalent of have. · İki teyzem ve bir dayım var., I have two aunts and an uncle.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain varthere is
ımmy
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
varthere is
larplural
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
varthere is
ıhis/her
ndain/at
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: varında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
varthere is
ıhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: varıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Paşada ne kabahat var?
Öyle zi-rûh var ki âlemde
Bir buçuk sâatın içinde doğar,
Yaşar, itmâm-ı ömr eder...
Ne kadar bir zaman geçti bilemiyorum, birden giryeyi andırır mühtez, küçük, narin bir sayhacıkla haykırdı, ben deminden beri vâsi bir rehavetle yayıldığım sedirden birdenbire toplanarak “Ne var Nerminciğim” dedim, “ne oldu?”
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