kapı kulu
noun- standing army in the Ottoman Empire, composed of salaried cavalry and infantry troops
- servant, lackey, lap dog, especially of a government or governing body
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kapı kulum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kapı kulusunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kapı kulusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kapı kulusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kapı kulusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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