yapı

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاپی (yapı), from Proto-Turkic *yapïġ (“building”), a development of *yap- (“to make, create, arrange”). By surface analysis, yap- (“to build”) +‎ -ı (deverbal nominal suffix).

• IPA^(key): /jaˈpɯ/

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• Hyphenation: ya‧pı

yapı (definite accusative yapıyı, plural yapılar)

1. building

   Synonym: bina

2. structure

   Synonym: strüktür

3. construction

   Synonyms: konstrüksiyon, inşaat

4. structure, constitution (a person's physical makeup)

   Synonyms: bünye, strüktür

5. structure (a set of rules defining behavior)

   Synonym: örgü

6. (logic) structure (a set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations)

• “yapı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yapı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yapı1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5206
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yapı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük