Gagauz

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اِیچُونْ (içün), from Proto-Turkic *üčün. Compare Turkish için, Azerbaijani üçün.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈt͡ʃin/
  • Hyphenation: i‧çin

Postposition

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için (+ genitive pronoun or nominative noun)

  1. for, aimed at
    Synonym:
    birinci klas için
    for the first grade
  2. because of, for
    bunun için
    because of this
    islää izmeti için
    for his good service
  3. about, over
    annattı kendi yaşaması için
    he talked about his own life

Usage notes

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  • Despite this postposition governing the nominative for all nouns, it governs the genitive for most one-syllable pronouns.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “için”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, pages 205-206

Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From Ottoman Turkish ایچون (için, içün), from Proto-Turkic *üčün. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰇𐰲𐰇𐰤 (üçün), Azerbaijani üçün.

Postposition

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için (+ genitive pronoun or nominative noun)

  1. with the aim of, as a result of, for
  2. so as to, in order to, on account of
  3. in the case of, so that, in order that
  4. (+ non-prospective personal participle ~) because, since, owing to
    Üşüdüğüm için mont giydim.I put on a coat because I was cold.
  5. according to
  6. about, concerning, with regard to
Usage notes
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  • The genitive is only added to personal pronouns and the pronouns bu and şu. e.g. Onun için buradayım (I am here for him/her.), O kedi için yaptım (I did it for that cat).

Noun

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için

  1. genitive singular of
  2. second-person singular possessive of

Etymology 2

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Verb

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için

  1. second-person plural imperative of içmek
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