No. 2,424 in Turkish
idi
"Idi" means "was" in English, indicating the past tense of "to be."
In a sentence
Dün hava çok güzeldi.
Yesterday the weather was very nice.
'İdi' here is used to signify that the weather being nice is an instance in the past.
Onun en sevdiği renk maviydi.
His favorite color was blue.
'İdi' is used to indicate that the preference for the color blue was true in the past.
O gün toplantı iptal edildi çünkü herkes çok meşguldü.
The meeting was canceled that day because everyone was very busy.
'İdi' is used embeddedly to reflect a state of being busy as it was in the past context.
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