Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یلكن (yelken), from Old Anatolian Turkish یلكن (yẹlken), from Proto-Turkic *yelken (“sail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛlˈcɛn/, [jæl̠ʲˈcʰæn]
- Hyphenation: yel‧ken
Noun
yelken (definite accusative yelkeni, plural yelkenler)
- (nautical) sail
- (nautical) sailboat
- Synonym: yelkenli
- (dialectal, Isparta, Denizli, Kütahya, Eskişehir, Erzurum, Kahramanmaraş) a little cloud that appears after rain
Declension
Declension of yelken
Possessive forms
| nominative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yelkenim
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yelkenlerim
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| 2nd singular
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yelkenin
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yelkenlerin
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| 3rd singular
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yelkeni
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yelkenleri
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| 1st plural
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yelkenimiz
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yelkenlerimiz
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| 2nd plural
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yelkeniniz
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yelkenleriniz
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| 3rd plural
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yelkenleri
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yelkenleri
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| definite accusative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yelkenimi
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yelkenlerimi
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| 2nd singular
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yelkenini
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yelkenlerini
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| 3rd singular
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yelkenini
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yelkenlerini
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| 1st plural
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yelkenimizi
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yelkenlerimizi
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| 2nd plural
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yelkeninizi
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yelkenlerinizi
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| 3rd plural
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yelkenlerini
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yelkenlerini
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| dative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yelkenime
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yelkenlerime
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| 2nd singular
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yelkenine
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yelkenlerine
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| 3rd singular
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yelkenine
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yelkenlerine
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| 1st plural
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yelkenimize
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yelkenlerimize
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| 2nd plural
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yelkeninize
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yelkenlerinize
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| 3rd plural
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yelkenlerine
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yelkenlerine
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| locative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yelkenimde
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yelkenlerimde
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| 2nd singular
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yelkeninde
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yelkenlerinde
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| 3rd singular
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yelkeninde
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yelkenlerinde
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| 1st plural
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yelkenimizde
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yelkenlerimizde
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| 2nd plural
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yelkeninizde
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yelkenlerinizde
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| 3rd plural
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yelkenlerinde
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yelkenlerinde
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| ablative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yelkenimden
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yelkenlerimden
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| 2nd singular
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yelkeninden
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yelkenlerinden
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| 3rd singular
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yelkeninden
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yelkenlerinden
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| 1st plural
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yelkenimizden
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yelkenlerimizden
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| 2nd plural
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yelkeninizden
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yelkenlerinizden
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| 3rd plural
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yelkenlerinden
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yelkenlerinden
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| genitive
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yelkenimin
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yelkenlerimin
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| 2nd singular
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yelkeninin
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yelkenlerinin
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| 3rd singular
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yelkeninin
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yelkenlerinin
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| 1st plural
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yelkenimizin
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yelkenlerimizin
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| 2nd plural
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yelkeninizin
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yelkenlerinizin
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| 3rd plural
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yelkenlerinin
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yelkenlerinin
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Predicative forms
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yelkenim
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yelkenlerim
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| 2nd singular
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yelkensin
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yelkenlersin
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| 3rd singular
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yelken
yelkendir
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yelkenler
yelkenlerdir
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| 1st plural
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yelkeniz
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yelkenleriz
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| 2nd plural
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yelkensiniz
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yelkenlersiniz
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| 3rd plural
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yelkenler
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yelkenlerdir
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Derived terms
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