sevgili
noun A1- beloved, lover, darling
- boyfriend, girlfriend (partner in a modern premarital or nonmarital relationship)
- dear (a formal way of addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in sevgilim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: sevgilisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: sevgilisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: sevgilisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: sevgilisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Words from it
From the library
Sevgili Ali, ben şimdi Antalya'dayım!
Dear Ali, I’m in Antalya now!
Sevgili günlük, bugün İzmir'de yeni işimin ilk günüydü.
Dear diary, today was the first day of my new job in İzmir.
Sevgili babaannem, umarım sen ve köydeki herkes iyisinizdir.
Dear Grandma, I hope you and everyone in the village are well.
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