"subay" meaning in Turkish

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Noun

Etymology: Probably from a misinterpretation of Chagatai [script needed] (subay, “light cavalry”) as a compound cognate with Old Turkic 𐰾𐰇 (s²ü, “army; spearmen; heavily armed pedestrian or horsemen”) and Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (b²g, “lord”) and thus having the meaning 'army lord', in order to coin a replacement for the Ottoman ضابط (“zâbit”) during Turkish language reform. See more at Azerbaijani subay. Etymology templates: {{cog|chg|t=light cavalry|tr=subay}} Chagatai [script needed] (subay, “light cavalry”), {{noncognate|otk|𐰾𐰇||army; spearmen; heavily armed pedestrian or horsemen}} Old Turkic 𐰾𐰇 (s²ü, “army; spearmen; heavily armed pedestrian or horsemen”), {{noncognate|otk|𐰋𐰏||lord}} Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (b²g, “lord”), {{cog|az|subay}} Azerbaijani subay Head templates: {{head|tr|noun|definite accusative|subayı|||plural|subaylar|f1accel-form=def|acc|s|f1request=1|f3accel-form=nom|p|f3request=1|head=|sort=}} subay (definite accusative subayı, plural subaylar), {{tr-noun|ı|lar}} subay (definite accusative subayı, plural subaylar) Inflection templates: {{tr-infl-noun-c|a|poss=1}} Forms: subayı [accusative, definite], subaylar [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], subay [nominative, singular], subaylar [nominative, plural], subayı [accusative, definite, singular], subayları [accusative, definite, plural], subaya [dative, singular], subaylara [dative, plural], subayda [locative, singular], subaylarda [locative, plural], subaydan [ablative, singular], subaylardan [ablative, plural], subayın [genitive, singular], subayların [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], subayım [first-person, nominative, possessed-single, possessive, singular], subaylarım [first-person, nominative, possessed-many, possessive, singular], subayın [nominative, possessed-single, possessive, second-person, singular], subayların [nominative, possessed-many, possessive, second-person, singular], subayı [nominative, possessed-single, possessive, singular, third-person], subayları [nominative, possessed-many, possessive, singular, third-person], subayımız [first-person, nominative, plural, possessed-single, possessive], subaylarımız [first-person, nominative, plural, possessed-many, possessive], subayınız [nominative, plural, possessed-single, possessive, second-person], subaylarınız [nominative, plural, possessed-many, possessive, second-person], subayları [nominative, plural, possessed-single, possessive, third-person], subayları [nominative, plural, possessed-many, possessive, third-person], subayımı [accusative, definite, first-person, possessed-single, possessive, singular], subaylarımı [accusative, definite, first-person, possessed-many, possessive, singular], subayını [accusative, definite, possessed-single, possessive, second-person, singular], subaylarını [accusative, definite, possessed-many, possessive, second-person, singular], subayını [accusative, definite, possessed-single, possessive, singular, third-person], subaylarını [accusative, definite, possessed-many, possessive, singular, third-person], subayımızı [accusative, definite, first-person, plural, possessed-single, possessive], subaylarımızı [accusative, definite, first-person, plural, possessed-many, possessive], subayınızı [accusative, definite, plural, possessed-single, possessive, second-person], subaylarınızı [accusative, definite, plural, possessed-many, possessive, second-person], subaylarını [accusative, definite, plural, possessed-single, possessive, third-person], subaylarını [accusative, definite, plural, possessed-many, possessive, third-person], subayıma [dative, first-person, possessed-single, possessive, singular], subaylarıma [dative, first-person, possessed-many, possessive, singular], subayına [dative, possessed-single, possessive, second-person, singular], subaylarına [dative, possessed-many, possessive, second-person, singular], subayına [dative, possessed-single, possessive, singular, third-person], subaylarına [dative, possessed-many, possessive, singular, third-person], subayımıza [dative, first-person, plural, possessed-single, possessive], subaylarımıza [dative, first-person, plural, possessed-many, possessive], subayınıza [dative, plural, possessed-single, possessive, second-person], subaylarınıza [dative, plural, possessed-many, possessive, second-person], subaylarına [dative, plural, possessed-single, possessive, third-person], subaylarına [dative, plural, possessed-many, possessive, third-person], subayımda [first-person, locative, possessed-single, possessive, singular], subaylarımda [first-person, locative, possessed-many, possessive, singular], subayında [locative, possessed-single, possessive, second-person, singular], subaylarında [locative, possessed-many, possessive, second-person, singular], subayında [locative, possessed-single, possessive, singular, third-person], subaylarında [locative, possessed-many, possessive, singular, third-person], subayımızda [first-person, locative, plural, possessed-single, possessive], subaylarımızda [first-person, locative, plural, possessed-many, possessive], subayınızda [locative, plural, possessed-single, possessive, second-person], subaylarınızda [locative, plural, possessed-many, possessive, second-person], subaylarında [locative, plural, possessed-single, possessive, third-person], subaylarında [locative, plural, possessed-many, possessive, third-person], subayımdan [ablative, first-person, possessed-single, possessive, singular], subaylarımdan [ablative, first-person, possessed-many, possessive, singular], subayından [ablative, possessed-single, possessive, second-person, singular], subaylarından [ablative, possessed-many, possessive, second-person, singular], subayından [ablative, possessed-single, possessive, singular, third-person], subaylarından [ablative, possessed-many, possessive, singular, third-person], subayımızdan [ablative, first-person, plural, possessed-single, possessive], subaylarımızdan [ablative, first-person, plural, possessed-many, possessive], subayınızdan [ablative, plural, possessed-single, possessive, second-person], subaylarınızdan [ablative, plural, possessed-many, possessive, second-person], subaylarından [ablative, plural, possessed-single, possessive, third-person], subaylarından [ablative, plural, possessed-many, possessive, third-person], subayımın [first-person, genitive, possessed-single, possessive, singular], subaylarımın [first-person, genitive, possessed-many, possessive, singular], subayının [genitive, possessed-single, possessive, second-person, singular], subaylarının [genitive, possessed-many, possessive, second-person, singular], subayının [genitive, possessed-single, possessive, singular, third-person], subaylarının [genitive, possessed-many, possessive, singular, third-person], subayımızın [first-person, genitive, plural, possessed-single, possessive], subaylarımızın [first-person, genitive, plural, possessed-many, possessive], subayınızın [genitive, plural, possessed-single, possessive, second-person], subaylarınızın [genitive, plural, possessed-many, possessive, second-person], subaylarının [genitive, plural, possessed-single, possessive, third-person], subaylarının [genitive, plural, possessed-many, possessive, third-person]
  1. (military) officer Wikipedia link: Turkish language reform
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      },
      "expansion": "Chagatai [script needed] (subay, “light cavalry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "otk",
        "2": "𐰾𐰇",
        "3": "",
        "4": "army; spearmen; heavily armed pedestrian or horsemen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Turkic 𐰾𐰇 (s²ü, “army; spearmen; heavily armed pedestrian or horsemen”)",
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      "args": {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "form": "subaylarında",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "subayımızda",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive"
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    {
      "form": "subaylarımızda",
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    {
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    {
      "form": "subaylarınızda",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "subayımdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "first-person",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımdan",
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        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayından",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "possessed-single",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarından",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "subayından",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarından",
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    },
    {
      "form": "subayımızdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımızdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayınızdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarınızdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarından",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarından",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayımın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayının",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarının",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayının",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarının",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayımızın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımızın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayınızın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarınızın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarının",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarının",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
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        "4": "subayı",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "plural",
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        "f1accel-form": "def|acc|s",
        "f1request": "1",
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        "f3request": "1",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "subay (definite accusative subayı, plural subaylar)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ı",
        "2": "lar"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "poss": "1"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tr",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tr",
          "name": "Military ranks",
          "orig": "tr:Military ranks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "officer"
      ],
      "id": "en-subay-tr-noun-1x8L1iPl",
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        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "officer",
          "officer"
        ]
      ],
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        "(military) officer"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ],
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        "Turkish language reform"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chg",
        "t": "light cavalry",
        "tr": "subay"
      },
      "expansion": "Chagatai [script needed] (subay, “light cavalry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "otk",
        "2": "𐰾𐰇",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Turkic 𐰾𐰇 (s²ü, “army; spearmen; heavily armed pedestrian or horsemen”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "otk",
        "2": "𐰋𐰏",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lord"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "az",
        "2": "subay"
      },
      "expansion": "Azerbaijani subay",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from a misinterpretation of\nChagatai [script needed] (subay, “light cavalry”) as a compound cognate with Old Turkic 𐰾𐰇 (s²ü, “army; spearmen; heavily armed pedestrian or horsemen”)\nand Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (b²g, “lord”) and thus having the meaning 'army lord', in order to coin a replacement for the Ottoman ضابط (“zâbit”) during Turkish language reform. See more at Azerbaijani subay.",
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        "definite"
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      "form": "subaylar",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "tr-infl-noun-c",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "subay",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "subaylar",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayı",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayları",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaya",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "subaylara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarda",
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      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaydan",
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylardan",
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "subayın",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayların",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "subayım",
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        "nominative",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarım",
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        "nominative",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayın",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayların",
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        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayı",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "subayları",
      "source": "declension",
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        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "subayımız",
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        "nominative",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "subaylarımız",
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        "possessed-many",
        "possessive"
      ]
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      "form": "subayınız",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      "form": "subaylarınız",
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        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayları",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayları",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "subayımı",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımı",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "first-person",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayını",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "subayını",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarını",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
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        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayımızı",
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        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımızı",
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        "definite",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayınızı",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarınızı",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
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        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarını",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarını",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "subayıma",
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        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarıma",
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        "first-person",
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        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayına",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarına",
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      "tags": [
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        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarına",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayımıza",
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        "first-person",
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        "possessive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "subaylarımıza",
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        "first-person",
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        "possessive"
      ]
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      "form": "subayınıza",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "subaylarınıza",
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        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarına",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "subaylarına",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayımda",
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        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımda",
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        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayında",
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        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarında",
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        "locative",
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        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayında",
      "source": "declension",
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        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "subaylarında",
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        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "subayımızda",
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        "locative",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımızda",
      "source": "declension",
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        "locative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "subayınızda",
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        "possessed-single",
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        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarınızda",
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        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarında",
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        "locative",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarında",
      "source": "declension",
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        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayımdan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "first-person",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımdan",
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        "ablative",
        "first-person",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "subayından",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarından",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "first-person",
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        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımızdan",
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      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
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        "possessed-many",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayınızdan",
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        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarınızdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarından",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarından",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayımın",
      "source": "declension",
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        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımın",
      "source": "declension",
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        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayının",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarının",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayının",
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        "genitive",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarının",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayımızın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarımızın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subayınızın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarınızın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarının",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-single",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subaylarının",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "possessed-many",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "definite accusative",
        "4": "subayı",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "plural",
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        "f1request": "1",
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        "f3request": "1",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ı",
        "2": "lar"
      },
      "expansion": "subay (definite accusative subayı, plural subaylar)",
      "name": "tr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "poss": "1"
      },
      "name": "tr-infl-noun-c"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for native script for Chagatai terms",
        "Turkish coinages",
        "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Turkish lemmas",
        "Turkish nouns",
        "tr:Military",
        "tr:Military ranks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "officer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "officer",
          "officer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) officer"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Turkish language reform"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "subay"
}

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