rengârenk

Turkish

Alternative forms

• rengarenk

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رنگارنك (rengârenk), from Persian رنگارنگ (rangârang, “colorful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾeɲ.ɟaːɾeɲc]
• Hyphenation: ren‧gâ‧renk

Adjective

rengârenk

1. colorful (having many colors)
   • 2010, “Rengarenk”, in Rengârenk, performed by Sertab Erener, featuring partial reduplication:

     Bazen her şey sararıp solar / Biz hep rengâ-rengârenk

     Sometimes everything yellows and fades / We’re always colorful

Declension

Predicative forms of rengârenk

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	rengârengim	rengârenk miyim?
sen (you are)	rengârenksin	rengârenk misin?
o (he/she/it is)	rengârenk / rengârenktir	rengârenk mi?
biz (we are)	rengârengiz	rengârenk miyiz?
siz (you are)	rengârenksiniz	rengârenk misiniz?
onlar (they are)	rengârenk(ler)	rengârenk(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	rengârenktim	rengârenk miydim?
sen (you were)	rengârenktin	rengârenk miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	rengârenkti	rengârenk miydi?
biz (we were)	rengârenktik	rengârenk miydik?
siz (you were)	rengârenktiniz	rengârenk miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	rengârenktiler	rengârenk miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	rengârenkmişim	rengârenk miymişim?
sen (you were)	rengârenkmişsin	rengârenk miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	rengârenkmiş	rengârenk miymiş?
biz (we were)	rengârenkmişiz	rengârenk miymişiz?
siz (you were)	rengârenkmişsiniz	rengârenk miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	rengârenkmişler	rengârenk miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	rengârenksem	rengârenk miysem?
sen (if you)	rengârenksen	rengârenk miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	rengârenkse	rengârenk miyse?
biz (if we)	rengârenksek	rengârenk miysek?
siz (if you)	rengârenkseniz	rengârenk miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	rengârenkseler	rengârenk miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

See also

• renk