"Bir asır yüz yıldır."

Translation: A century is a hundred years.

[rfpl]

is asır a synonym for yüzyil?

[miracsan]

Yes

[semcolakis]

"Asır" comes from Arabic and "yüzyıl" has a Turkish origin, literally means hundred years. They both mean century in modern Turkish. However, you can hear yüzyıl more often.

[MattHaythem]

İn Arabic, "عصر" means "age" or "era" so its not even a precise borrowing which I think is funny.

[MrHilmiNevzat]

"Bir asır yüz yıldır."
Translation: A century is a hundred years.

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A century is one hundred years. - Başka doğru İngilizce cevap.

[kadour3]

I got it but.......

Is it accepted to say (each century has one hundred years)
It is more suitable i feel

[LucBE]

That's a correct sentence, but it is not the translation of the Turkish sentence above. The meaning is different.

[Mpurtanti]

why is it yıldır for the plural and not yıllar?

[LucBE]

It is not plural. The -dir is there to emphasize the fact that 100 years make a century.

Yil remains singular. A native speaker should confirm whether this is mandatory, or if yillar also is possible here. I believe not.

[AlexinNotTurkey]

I am no native speaker, but it must remain in the singular here. Nouns never ever take the plural suffix after numbers.

[Kotik_Andreev]

That's pretty strange. I could never think you are not a native speaker :/

[Felix_Le]

Can someone explain to me why the "r" in "asır" (or "hayır") is pronounced "sh"?

[Supriya131]

It's called devoicing. Look it up, I'm not too sure on the details :)

[dilara626239]

It is not

[VivekGopin]

Can i say Bir yüzyil yüz yildir?

[mw81]

I don't understand where you're supposed to add the -dir suffix. I thought it was added to the subject? Would 'bir asırdir yüz yıl' be wrong? Or 'yüz yıl bir aaırdir'? Thank you!

[Yashar.Lucky]

Can we say "Bir asır yüz yil."?