kendince
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kendi (“self, one's own”) + -n (3rd P. Sg. possessive suffix) + -ce.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]kendince
- In one's own way, opinion or mind, according to them.
- Synonyms: kendi adına, kendi payına, şahsen
- Sanatçının yapıtlarında kendince kullandığı kübist üslup, sanat eleştirmenleri tarafından çok da başarılı bulunmamaktadır. ― The cubist style the artist employs in their own way in their works is not actually found that successful by art critics.
- (rare) by the aforementioned person
- Synonyms: tarafından, tarafınca
Usage notes
[edit]- In the base form of the verb, "kendi" has the possessive suffix for 3rd Person Singular, this suffix changes accordingly for other persons;
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kendince”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kendince”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2547