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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish دگل (değil), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tegül (“is not”).
Cognate with
Old Turkic (tügül, “is not; not only”) (in Kul Tigin inscription);
Karakhanid (tegül, “is not”);
Kazakh түгiл (tügil),
Kyrgyz түгүл (tügül),
Karachay-Balkar тюл (tül),
Azerbaijani deyil,
Bashkir түгел (tügel),
Uzbek tugul.
Pronunciation
Adverb
değil
- not (negates meaning of the verb *imek)
Mutlu olabilirsin, ama ben değilim.- You may be happy, but I am not.
Evli değil misiniz?- Aren't you married?
Noun
değil (definite accusative değili, plural değiller)
- the not
Declension
See also
- -me/-ma (for negation of other verbs)
Further reading
- değil in Reverso (Turkish-English)