dolgun

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طولغون (dolgun).[1][2][3] By surface analysis, dol- (to fill up) +‎ -gun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doɫˈɡun/
  • Hyphenation: dol‧gun

Adjective

dolgun

  1. Having a full, round shape.
  2. chubby, plump, full-figured
  3. (of money, pay) high, satisfactory, goodly
  4. (figuratively) filled with emotions

Declension

Predicative forms of dolgun
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) dolgunum dolgun muyum?
sen (you are) dolgunsun dolgun musun?
o (he/she/it is) dolgun / dolgundur dolgun mu?
biz (we are) dolgunuz dolgun muyuz?
siz (you are) dolgunsunuz dolgun musunuz?
onlar (they are) dolgun(lar) dolgun(lar) mı?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) dolgundum dolgun muydum?
sen (you were) dolgundun dolgun muydun?
o (he/she/it was) dolgundu dolgun muydu?
biz (we were) dolgunduk dolgun muyduk?
siz (you were) dolgundunuz dolgun muydunuz?
onlar (they were) dolgundular dolgun muydular?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) dolgunmuşum dolgun muymuşum?
sen (you were) dolgunmuşsun dolgun muymuşsun?
o (he/she/it was) dolgunmuş dolgun muymuş?
biz (we were) dolgunmuşuz dolgun muymuşuz?
siz (you were) dolgunmuşsunuz dolgun muymuşsunuz?
onlar (they were) dolgunmuşlar dolgun muymuşlar?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) dolgunsam dolgun muysam?
sen (if you) dolgunsan dolgun muysan?
o (if he/she/it) dolgunsa dolgun muysa?
biz (if we) dolgunsak dolgun muysak?
siz (if you) dolgunsanız dolgun muysanız?
onlar (if they) dolgunsalar dolgun muysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

  • dolgun maaş
  • dolgun ücret
  • etine dolgun

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طولغون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1261
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طولغون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 822
  3. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “طولغون”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 907

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