emekli

Meaning

retiree, retired person

Etymology

From emek + -li. Replaced the Arabic borrowing mütekait.

Sentences

Ben emekli oldum.

I'm retired.

Kocasının ölümünün ardından emekli oldu ve İskoçya'ya taşındı.

Following the death of her husband, she retired and moved to Scotland.

Emekli bir ilkokul öğretmeniydi.

He was a retired elementary school teacher.

Jandarma kaymakamlığından emekli belediye mimarının eseri olan taş tiyatro binası daha tamamlanmamıştı.

The stone theater building, which was the work of the retired municipal architect from the gendarmerie district governorship, was not yet completed.