altın çağ
noun- golden age, golden era, a period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and great progress
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
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: altın çağında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: altın çağıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Geçmiş yüzyıllarda şehir, ipekli dokumaları ve lüks kumaşlarıyla ekonomik açıdan altın çağını yaşamıştır.
In past centuries, the city experienced its golden age economically with its silk weaves and luxurious fabrics.
Bu altın çağ, Türk sinemasına bugün bile isimleri büyük bir sevgiyle anılan pek çok efsanevi yıldız kazandırmış, onları adeta birer halk kahramanına dönüştürmüştür.
This golden age brought many legendary stars to Turkish cinema, whose names are remembered with great affection even today, transforming them almost into folk heroes.
Nostalji genellikle kaybedilmiş efsanevi bir altın çağa duyulan bireysel bir yakarış iken, hüzün mevcut anın ve hayatın eksikliğini kabullenen çok daha bilgece bir duruştur.
While nostalgia is usually an individual plea for a lost mythical golden age, melancholy is a much wiser stance that accepts the deficiency of the present moment and life.
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