demir yolu

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Turkish

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Etymology

Compound of demir (iron) +‎ yol (road) +‎ -u (possessive suffix), inherited from Ottoman Turkish دمیر یولی (demir yolu), a calque of French chemin de fer, whence also the borrowing şimendifer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈmiɾ.jo.ɫu/
  • Hyphenation: de‧mir‧yo‧lu

Noun

demir yolu (definite accusative demir yolunu, plural demir yolları)

  1. (transport) railway, railroad
    Synonym: (obsolete) şimendifer

Declension

Inflection
Nominative demir yolu
Definite accusative demir yolunu
Singular Plural
Nominative demir yolu demir yolları
Definite accusative demir yolunu demir yollarını
Dative demir yoluna demir yollarına
Locative demir yolunda demir yollarında
Ablative demir yolundan demir yollarından
Genitive demir yolunun demir yollarının

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