hayvanat bahçesi

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حیوانات باغچه‌سی (hayvanat bağçesi). By surface analysis, hayvanat (“animals”) +‎ bahçe (“garden”) +‎ -(s)i (“possessive”), literally “animal garden”. Compare Kazakh хайуанаттар бағы (xaiuanattar bağy, “zoo”), хайуанатхана (xaiuanatxana, “zoo”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haj.vaˈnat bah.t͡ʃe.si/ Hyphenation: hay‧va‧nat‧bah‧çe‧si === Noun === hayvanat bahçesi (definite accusative hayvanat bahçesini, plural hayvanat bahçeleri) zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) ==== Declension ==== ==== Further reading ==== “hayvanat bahçesi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu