kendi
Sentences
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.
Meaning
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- self, oneself
- own
- he, she, him, himself, herself
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/cændi/
Etymology
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).
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