yelken

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Turkic *yelken

Old Anatolian Turkish یلكن (yẹlken)

Ottoman Turkish یلكن (yelken)

Turkish yelken

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یلكن (yelken), from Old Anatolian Turkish یلكن (yẹlken), from Proto-Turkic *yelken (“sail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jelˈcen/, [jæl̠ʲˈcʰæn]
• Hyphenation: yel‧ken

Noun

yelken (definite accusative yelkeni, plural yelkenler)

1. (nautical) sail
2. (nautical) sailboat

   Synonym: yelkenli

3. (dialectal, Isparta, Denizli, Kütahya, Eskişehir, Erzurum, Kahramanmaraş) a little cloud that appears after rain

Declension

Declension of yelken

singular plural nominative yelken yelkenler definite accusative yelkeni yelkenleri dative yelkene yelkenlere locative yelkende yelkenlerde ablative yelkenden yelkenlerden genitive yelkenin yelkenlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular yelkenim yelkenlerim 2nd singular yelkenin yelkenlerin 3rd singular yelkeni yelkenleri 1st plural yelkenimiz yelkenlerimiz 2nd plural yelkeniniz yelkenleriniz 3rd plural yelkenleri yelkenleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular yelkenimi yelkenlerimi 2nd singular yelkenini yelkenlerini 3rd singular yelkenini yelkenlerini 1st plural yelkenimizi yelkenlerimizi 2nd plural yelkeninizi yelkenlerinizi 3rd plural yelkenlerini yelkenlerini dative singular plural 1st singular yelkenime yelkenlerime 2nd singular yelkenine yelkenlerine 3rd singular yelkenine yelkenlerine 1st plural yelkenimize yelkenlerimize 2nd plural yelkeninize yelkenlerinize 3rd plural yelkenlerine yelkenlerine locative singular plural 1st singular yelkenimde yelkenlerimde 2nd singular yelkeninde yelkenlerinde 3rd singular yelkeninde yelkenlerinde 1st plural yelkenimizde yelkenlerimizde 2nd plural yelkeninizde yelkenlerinizde 3rd plural yelkenlerinde yelkenlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular yelkenimden yelkenlerimden 2nd singular yelkeninden yelkenlerinden 3rd singular yelkeninden yelkenlerinden 1st plural yelkenimizden yelkenlerimizden 2nd plural yelkeninizden yelkenlerinizden 3rd plural yelkenlerinden yelkenlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular yelkenimin yelkenlerimin 2nd singular yelkeninin yelkenlerinin 3rd singular yelkeninin yelkenlerinin 1st plural yelkenimizin yelkenlerimizin 2nd plural yelkeninizin yelkenlerinizin 3rd plural yelkenlerinin yelkenlerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular yelkenim yelkenlerim 2nd singular yelkensin yelkenlersin 3rd singular yelken yelkendir yelkenler yelkenlerdir 1st plural yelkeniz yelkenleriz 2nd plural yelkensiniz yelkenlersiniz 3rd plural yelkenler yelkenlerdir

Derived terms

• yelken açmak
• yelken balığı
• yelken basmak
• yelken bezi
• yelken dikmek
• yelken gemisi
• yelken gönderi
• yelken iğnesi
• yelken kulak
• yelken yarışı
• yelkenbulutu
• yelkenci
• yelkenkanat
• yelkenli

Further reading

• “yelken”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yelken”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “yelken”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• “yelken”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982