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melez

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ملز (melez, mixed, half-bred, mongrel),[1] from Persian ملس (sweet and sour, twilight, cotton-silk mix fabric, bastard), from Arabic مَلَس (malas, twilight).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈlez/
  • Hyphenation: me‧lez

Adjective

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melez

  1. (biology) (of an animal or a plant) Having been bred from two different species; hybrid, half-bred.
    Synonyms: hibrit, kırma, azma, metis, (regional) çandır
  2. (of a person) Having been born of mixed parents; mixed-race.
  3. (figuratively) Mixed, blended.

Declension

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Predicative forms of melez
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) melezim melez miyim?
sen (you are) melezsin melez misin?
o (he/she/it is) melez / melezdir melez mi?
biz (we are) meleziz melez miyiz?
siz (you are) melezsiniz melez misiniz?
onlar (they are) melez(ler) melez(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) melezdim melez miydim?
sen (you were) melezdin melez miydin?
o (he/she/it was) melezdi melez miydi?
biz (we were) melezdik melez miydik?
siz (you were) melezdiniz melez miydiniz?
onlar (they were) melezdiler melez miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) melezmişim melez miymişim?
sen (you were) melezmişsin melez miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) melezmiş melez miymiş?
biz (we were) melezmişiz melez miymişiz?
siz (you were) melezmişsiniz melez miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) melezmişler melez miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) melezsem melez miysem?
sen (if you) melezsen melez miysen?
o (if he/she/it) melezse melez miyse?
biz (if we) melezsek melez miysek?
siz (if you) melezseniz melez miyseniz?
onlar (if they) melezseler melez miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ملز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1969
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “melez”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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