dilenci vapuru

Turkish

Etymology

Compound noun from dilenci (“beggar”) + vapur (“steamboat”), so called because the boat goes from dock to dock like a beggar goes door to door.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.lenˈdʒi va.puˌɾu/
• Hyphenation: di‧len‧ci va‧pur

Noun

dilenci vapuru (definite accusative dilenci vapurunu, plural dilenci vapurları)

1. (nautical) a local steamboat (serving a route and stopping at almost all docks along the route)
2. (figurative) an activist engaged in door-to-door canvassing to garner support for a cause

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	dilenci vapuru
Definite accusative	dilenci vapurunu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dilenci vapuru	dilenci vapurları
Definite accusative	dilenci vapurunu	dilenci vapurlarını
Dative	dilenci vapuruna	dilenci vapurlarına
Locative	dilenci vapurunda	dilenci vapurlarında
Ablative	dilenci vapurundan	dilenci vapurlarından
Genitive	dilenci vapurunun	dilenci vapurlarının