ev sahibi

Turkish

Etymology

Compound of ev (“house, home”) +‎ sahip (“owner”) +‎ -i (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈev.saːhi.bi/
Hyphenation: ev‧sa‧hi‧bi

Noun

ev sahibi (definite accusative ev sahibini, plural ev sahipleri)

A person who owns a house of their own; a homeowner.
A person who owns a rental house or apartment; a landlord.
A person, organization, city etc. that is entertaining a guest; a host.

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

Definite accusative

ev sahibini

Singular

Plural

Nominative

ev sahipleri

Definite accusative

ev sahibini

ev sahiplerini

Dative

ev sahibine

ev sahiplerine

Locative

ev sahibinde

ev sahiplerinde

Ablative

ev sahibinden

ev sahiplerinden

Genitive

ev sahibinin

ev sahiplerinin

Predicative forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	ev sahibiyim	ev sahipleriyim
2nd singular	ev sahibisin	ev sahiplerisin
3rd singular	ev sahibi	ev sahipleri
1st plural	ev sahibiyiz	ev sahipleriyiz
2nd plural	ev sahibisiniz	ev sahiplerisiniz
3rd plural	ev sahipleri	ev sahipleri

Related terms

ev eşyası
ev halkı
ev hanımı
ev yemeği

Further reading

“ev sahibi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ev sahibi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1513

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