vardiya
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish واردیا (vardiya), from Venetan vàrdia. Also compare Italian guardia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaɾ.diˈja/, /ˈvaɾ.di.ja/
- Hyphenation: var‧di‧ya
Noun
vardiya (definite accusative vardiyayı, plural vardiyalar)
- shift, workshift, a scheduled period of employment
- (nautical) watch on a board ship
- (nautical) place of a watch in a ship
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vardiya | vardiyalar |
| definite accusative | vardiyayı | vardiyaları |
| dative | vardiyaya | vardiyalara |
| locative | vardiyada | vardiyalarda |
| ablative | vardiyadan | vardiyalardan |
| genitive | vardiyanın | vardiyaların |
Derived terms
- vardiyalı
- variyacı
Related terms
- vardakosta
- vardiyan
Further reading
- “vardiya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “vardiya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vardiya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük