kendi

Meaning

Pron

1. self, oneself
2. own
3. he, she, him, himself, herself

Adv

of one's own

Adj

respective, particular; own

Concepts

self

own

himself

itself

Synonyms

öz

bizzat

kendisi

o

👨

şahsen

gönül

❤️

kendi başına

kendi kendine

kendiliğinden

ruh

nefs

can

eğer

erkek

♂️

evet

Translations

eigen

selbst

xwe

même

soi-même

stesso

lui-même

en personne

personnellement

zelf

selber

yo

نَفْس

ser

eigens

Pronounced as (IPA)

/cændi/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: كندی

Cognate with Old Turkish: 𐰚𐰦𐰇

Cognate with Karakhanid: كَنْدُو

Cognate with Yakut: кини

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كندی (kendi, “one's self”), from older كندو (kendü), from Old Anatolian Turkish كندو (gändü), from Proto-Turkic *kẹntü (“self, himself”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰦𐰇 (kentü, “self, own”), Karakhanid كَنْدُو (kendü, “self, own”), Yakut кини (kini).

Sentences

Kendi kendine mi konuşuyor bu ?

Is he talking to himself?

Kendi adına konuş.

Speak for yourself.

Orası da kendi malı idi .

It was his own property.

Artık kendi kendimden utanıyordum.

I was ashamed of myself now.

Havladıkça kendi seslerine hayran oluyorlar.

As they bark, they admire their own voices.

Filmlerinin çoğunda kendi filmlerinin yönetmeni ve senaristi.

In most of his films, he was the director and screenwriter of his own films.