kendi

Meaning

Pron

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

Adv

of one's own

Adj

respective, particular; own

Pronounced as (IPA)

/cændi/

Etymology

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

Orası da kendi malı idi .

It was his own property.

Kendi güvenliğin için .

For your own safety.

Artık kendi kendimden utanıyordum.

I was ashamed of myself now.

Dört sene evvel ölen kendi babasını hatırladı.

He remembered his own father who had died four years earlier.

Çünkü o zaman kendi istediğimi değil , benden istenileni yapmaya mecbur olacağım.

Because then I will have to do what is asked of me, not what I want.

Hıristofyas da kendi radikallerinden baskı gördü.

Christofias came under pressure from his own hard-liners.

Bazı eski ayarlara kendi yönlendirme numaraları atanmıştır.

Some legacy settings have their own routing numbers assigned.

Ömer misafirlerini oturtarak kendi ayakta durmak istedi, fakat Bedri yerini ona verdi .

Omar wanted to stand on his own by sitting his guests down, but Bedri gave him his place.