yüzyıl
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From yüz (“hundred”) + yıl (“year”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yüzyıl (definite accusative yüzyılı, plural yüzyıllar)
Usage notes edit
Yüz yıl, with a space in between, means "one hundred years" exclusively; while yüzyıl means "century", that is, the time frame made up of a hundred years.
References edit
- “yüzyıl”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu