dilenci vapuru
Turkish
Etymology
Compound noun from dilenci (“beggar”) + vapur (“steamboat”), so called because the boat goes from dock to dock like a beggar goes door to door.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.lenˈdʒi va.puˌɾu/
- Hyphenation: di‧len‧ci va‧pur
Noun
dilenci vapuru (definite accusative dilenci vapurunu, plural dilenci vapurları)
- (nautical) a local steamboat (serving a route and stopping at almost all docks along the route)
- (figurative) an activist engaged in door-to-door canvassing to garner support for a cause
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dilenci vapuru | |
| Definite accusative | dilenci vapurunu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | dilenci vapuru | dilenci vapurları |
| Definite accusative | dilenci vapurunu | dilenci vapurlarını |
| Dative | dilenci vapuruna | dilenci vapurlarına |
| Locative | dilenci vapurunda | dilenci vapurlarında |
| Ablative | dilenci vapurundan | dilenci vapurlarından |
| Genitive | dilenci vapurunun | dilenci vapurlarının |
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