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deyni

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish دكین (dägin), دكن, a derivation from دك (däk), suffixed with the adverbial suffix -in[1]. Compare Turkish değin[2], Azerbaijani deyin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /djejˈni/
  • Hyphenation: dey‧ni

Conjunction

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deyni

  1. to, in order to
    ölmesin deyni doktoru çaarmışlar
    they summoned to doctor to prevent him from dying

Particle

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deyni

  1. as
    deyni sölerläras they say

Postposition

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deyni

  1. (with dative) for, aimed at
    Synonyms: için,
    sana deynifor you
    sizä deyni bir baaşışım varI have a gift for you

References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “değin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ András Rajki, A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates, 2007

Further reading

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  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “дейни”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 136