Translation of Turkish word "yıl" to English
yıl
/jɯl/
Meaning
NounA period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
How to use
'Yıl' means 'year'. Often interchangeable with 'sene'. Frequently used in daily conversational Turkish to build natural sentence structures.
🇬🇧 English
year
Example
5 yıldır okuldayım, yani 5 yıl.
I've been in school for 5 years, that's 5 years.
bu şehre bir yıl önce taşındık; Tam bir yıl önce sigarayı bıraktım
we moved to this city a year ago; I quit smoking exactly a year ago
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Common phrases
- çok yıl— very
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Frequency rank: #200 in Turkish
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The Turkish word "yıl" means "year" in English.
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