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değil.

not (negates meaning of the verb *imek)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adv/deˈ(j)il//ˈdiːl/
  1. not (negates meaning of the verb *imek)

    Mutlu olabilirsin, ama ben değilim.
    Evli değil misiniz?
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish دگل (değil), from Old Anatolian Turkish دَكُلۡ (degül), from Proto-Turkic *tegül (“is not”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tügül, “is not; not only”) (in Kul Tigin inscription); Karakhanid [script needed] (tegül, “is not”); Kazakh түгіл (tügil), Kyrgyz түгүл (tügül), Karachay-Balkar тюл (tül), Azerbaijani deyil, Bashkir түгел (tügel), Uzbek tugul, Gagauz diil.

noun/deˈ(j)il//ˈdiːl/
  1. the not

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish دگل (değil), from Old Anatolian Turkish دَكُلۡ (degül), from Proto-Turkic *tegül (“is not”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tügül, “is not; not only”) (in Kul Tigin inscription); Karakhanid [script needed] (tegül, “is not”); Kazakh түгіл (tügil), Kyrgyz түгүл (tügül), Karachay-Balkar тюл (tül), Azerbaijani deyil, Bashkir түгел (tügel), Uzbek tugul, Gagauz diil.

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