rüzgâr: wind and its sound

The idea

Rüzgâr means wind. The definite object is rüzgârı, rüzgârdan means “from the wind”, and rüzgârın links the wind to its sound in rüzgârın sesi. Keep the circumflex in these forms.

Examples

• Rüzgâr sabah pencereleri salladı.The wind rattled the windows in the morning.
• Rüzgârı kıyıda yüzümüzde hissettik.We felt the wind on our faces by the shore.
• Biz rüzgârdan korunmak için içeri girdik.We went inside to shelter from the wind.
• Bu rüzgâr oldukça serin.This wind is quite cool.
• Rüzgârın sesi gece arttı.The sound of the wind grew louder at night.
• Rüzgâr yaprakları yere taşıyor.The wind carries the leaves to the ground.

Watch out

Use rüzgârdan with protection from the wind and rüzgârı for the specific wind felt. The circumflex remains when suffixes are added.

Try it yourself

1. We felt the wind on our faces by the shore. (specific object) ___ kıyıda yüzümüzde hissettik.

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   rüzgârı

   rüzgârı: accusative -ı marks the specific wind felt.

2. We went inside to shelter from the wind. (source) ___ korunmak için içeri girdik.

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   rüzgârdan

   rüzgârdan: ablative -dan marks what one shelters from.

3. The sound of the wind grew louder at night. (of the wind) ___ sesi gece arttı.

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   rüzgârın

   rüzgârın: genitive -ın links the wind to its sound.

Use it today

Describe the wind’s sound and how it feels outside.