"-meli" meaning in Turkish

See -meli in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -malı [error-unrecognized-form], -meli [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـملى (ـمالى (-malı), ـمهلى (-meli)), from Proto-Turkic *-melig. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|tr|ota|ـملى|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ottoman Turkish ـملى, {{inh+|tr|ota|ـملى}} Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـملى, {{inh|tr|trk-pro|*-melig}} Proto-Turkic *-melig Head templates: {{head|tr|suffix||-{{{var}}}|head=}} -meli, {{tr-suffix}} -meli
  1. forms the necessitative mood must, shall, should, have to Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--meli-tr-suffix-tr:necessitative_suffix Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Turkish entries with incorrect language header
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـملى (ـمالى (-malı), ـمهلى (-meli)), from Proto-Turkic *-melig.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-suffix-forms",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-malı",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "-meli",
      "source": "Floating Div",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    },
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    }
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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            [
              32,
              36
            ]
          ],
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              2,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I need to know the results of the experiment immediately.",
          "text": "Deneyin sonuçlarını derhal öğrenmeliyim.",
          "translation": "I need to know the results of the experiment immediately.",
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        }
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        "forms the necessitative mood must, shall, should, have to"
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        ],
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          "should"
        ],
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          "have to",
          "have to"
        ]
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      ],
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      ]
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـملى (ـمالى (-malı), ـمهلى (-meli)), from Proto-Turkic *-melig.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-suffix-forms",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-malı",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-meli",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "tr",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Turkish lemmas",
        "Turkish suffixes",
        "Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
        "Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic",
        "Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish",
        "Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic",
        "Turkish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "I need to know the results of the experiment immediately.",
          "text": "Deneyin sonuçlarını derhal öğrenmeliyim.",
          "translation": "I need to know the results of the experiment immediately.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms the necessitative mood must, shall, should, have to"
      ],
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        [
          "must",
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        ],
        [
          "shall",
          "shall"
        ],
        [
          "should",
          "should"
        ],
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "tr:necessitative suffix"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-meli"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -meli meaning in Turkish (2.3kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'a / ı / o / u'",
  "path": [
    "-meli"
  ],
  "section": "Turkish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-meli",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'e / i / ö / ü'",
  "path": [
    "-meli"
  ],
  "section": "Turkish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-meli",
  "trace": ""
}

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