lenger

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

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Adverb

lenger

1. comparative degree of langt (further)
2. comparative degree of lenge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

lenger

1. comparative degree of lenge

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لنگر (lenger), itself from Persian لنگر (langar, “anchor”).

Noun

lenger (definite accusative lengeri, plural lengerler)

1. (nautical) anchor, a tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of the sea

   Synonyms: çıpa, demir

2. kind of flat, large and broad tray, usually made of copper
3. (by extension) the amount that such a vessel can hold, trayful

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	lenger
Definite accusative	lengeri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lenger	lengerler
Definite accusative	lengeri	lengerleri
Dative	lengere	lengerlere
Locative	lengerde	lengerlerde
Ablative	lengerden	lengerlerden
Genitive	lengerin	lengerlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular lengerim lengerlerim 2nd singular lengerin lengerlerin 3rd singular lengeri lengerleri 1st plural lengerimiz lengerlerimiz 2nd plural lengeriniz lengerleriniz 3rd plural lengerleri lengerleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular lengerimi lengerlerimi 2nd singular lengerini lengerlerini 3rd singular lengerini lengerlerini 1st plural lengerimizi lengerlerimizi 2nd plural lengerinizi lengerlerinizi 3rd plural lengerlerini lengerlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular lengerime lengerlerime 2nd singular lengerine lengerlerine 3rd singular lengerine lengerlerine 1st plural lengerimize lengerlerimize 2nd plural lengerinize lengerlerinize 3rd plural lengerlerine lengerlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular lengerimde lengerlerimde 2nd singular lengerinde lengerlerinde 3rd singular lengerinde lengerlerinde 1st plural lengerimizde lengerlerimizde 2nd plural lengerinizde lengerlerinizde 3rd plural lengerlerinde lengerlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular lengerimden lengerlerimden 2nd singular lengerinden lengerlerinden 3rd singular lengerinden lengerlerinden 1st plural lengerimizden lengerlerimizden 2nd plural lengerinizden lengerlerinizden 3rd plural lengerlerinden lengerlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular lengerimin lengerlerimin 2nd singular lengerinin lengerlerinin 3rd singular lengerinin lengerlerinin 1st plural lengerimizin lengerlerimizin 2nd plural lengerinizin lengerlerinizin 3rd plural lengerlerinin lengerlerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular lengerim lengerlerim 2nd singular lengersin lengerlersin 3rd singular lenger lengerdir lengerler lengerlerdir 1st plural lengeriz lengerleriz 2nd plural lengersiniz lengerlersiniz 3rd plural lengerler lengerlerdir

Derived terms

• lengeri
• lengerlenmek
• lengerli

 

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lenger”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2955
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lenger”, in Nişanyan Sözlük