için

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Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From Ottoman Turkish ایچون (için, içün), from Proto-Turkic *üčün. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰇𐰲𐰇𐰤 (üçün), Azerbaijani üçün.

Postposition

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için (+ genitive pronoun or nominative noun)

  1. with the aim of, as a result of, for
  2. so as to, in order to, on account of
  3. in the case of, so that, in order that
  4. (+ non-prospective personal participle ~) because, since, owing to
    Üşüdüğüm için mont giydim.I put on a coat because I was cold.
  5. according to
  6. about, concerning, with regard to
Usage notes
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  • The genitive is only added to personal pronouns and the pronouns bu and şu. e.g. Onun için buradayım (I am here for him/her.), O kedi için yaptım (I did it for that cat).

Noun

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için

  1. genitive singular of
  2. second-person singular possessive of

Etymology 2

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Verb

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için

  1. second-person plural imperative of içmek