jürek

/dʒyrek/

Definitions

1.(n.) heart

jürekni tebiwü — the beating of the heart
jüregi awruğan adam — a man with a bad heart
jüregi tuthandı — he has had a heart attack

2.(n.) heart, soul, the seat of feeling (figurative)

halal jürek — a kind heart
jürek jürekni açhıçıdı — the heart is the key to the heart
taza jürekden — from a pure heart

3.(n.) the heart of something, the core, the very middle (figurative)

elni jüregi — the heart of the village
işni jüregi — the heart of the matter
çegetni jüreginde — in the heart of the forest

jüreklihavingbrave, possessing courage; having a heart of a stated kind (in compounds of quality of feeling)jüreksizwithoutfaint-hearted, timid; lacking courage

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Cases

	Singular	Plural	When to use it
nominative	jürekthe heart	jüreklethe hearts	the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
genitive	jüreknithe heart's	jüreklenithe hearts'	the owner — whose it is
accusative	jüreknithe heart (as the object)	jüreklenithe hearts (as the object)	a specific, known object — whom or what
dative	jürekgeto the heart	jüreklegeto the hearts	direction or recipient — to where, to whom
locative	jürekdeat / in the heart	jürekledeat / in the hearts	where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
ablative	jürekdenfrom the heart	jürekledenfrom the hearts	where it comes from; also "than" when comparing

When to use each case

nominative: the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
genitive: the owner — whose it is
accusative: a specific, known object — whom or what
dative: direction or recipient — to where, to whom
locative: where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
ablative: where it comes from; also "than" when comparing

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.

With an owner

	One owned	Several owned
my	jüregimmy heart	jüreklerimmy hearts
your	jüregingyour heart	jürekleringyour hearts
his / her	jüregihis / her heart	jüreklerihis / her hearts
our	jüregibizour heart	jürekleribizour hearts
you all's	jüregigizyou all's heart	jüreklerigizyou all's hearts
their	jürekleritheir heart	jürekleritheir hearts

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: jürekleri can mean "his / her hearts", "their heart", or "their hearts" — context decides.