American Association of Teachers of Turkish: A Vocabulary List of Frequently Occuring Words with Gloss To view this document, set the encoding to Unicode (UTF-8). Select a unicode font such as TITUS Cyberbit Basic. A abla older sister; ma'am acaba I wonder acele hurry; hastily acı tart, hot (pepper), bitter aç hungry, greedy açı open, bare, empty açılmak to open, to clear up açmak to open ad name, reputation ada island, city block adam person, human being âdet custom, habit adres address affetmek to forgive, excuse afiyet health ağabey older brother ağaç tree, wood ağır heavy, difficult ağız mouth; rim, brim ağlamak to weep, cry, whine ağrımak to ache, hurt ağustos August aile family ait concerning, relating to ak white, clean akıl reason, intelligence, mind akıllı wise, intelligent akmak to flow, to leak akşam evening alay crowd alçak low alın forehead alışmak to get used to, become familiar alışveriş business, shopping allah God allahaısmarladık goodbye! (We have left it to God!) almak to take, get, buy alt bottom altı six altın gold altmış sixty ama/amma but, yet, still an moment, perception, boundary ana mother anahtar key ancak only, merely, just barely anlamak to understand, comprehend, findout anlatmak to explain, tell, show anne mother apartman apartment ara distance, interval, intermission araba car aralık space, gap, interval aramak to look (for), search arka the back, rear, reverse arkadaş friend armut pear artık left over, remnant, extra arzu wish, desire asansör elevator asker soldier aşağı the lower part, bottom, inferior at horse ata father, ancestor ateş fire, fever, temperature atmak to throw, drop, send away avukat lawyer ay moon, month ayak foot, leg, base, pedestal ayakkabı shoe aydınlık light, bright ayna mirror, telescoope aynı the same, identical ayran butter milk ayrı separate, distinct, different ayrılmak to part, separate, split az small, little, few azalmak to become less, lessen, diminish B baba father bacak leg, shank bağ tie, string; vineyard bağlı tied, connected bahar spring bahçe garden, park bakan state secretary bakkal grocer bakmak to look at balık fish balkon balcony banka bank banyo bath, --tub, --room bardak glass, cup basmak to tread, stand baş head, chief başarmak to accomplish başbakan prime minister başka other, different başlamak to begin, start batı west, western batmak to sink bavul suitcase, trunk bay rich, (Mr.) bayan lady bayılmak to faint bayram festivity, holiday bazan/bazen sometimes bazı some, certain bebek baby, doll beğenmek to like, admire bekâr single, bachelor beklemek to wait belediye municipality belge document belki perhaps belli evident, obvious ben me, ego benzin gasoline beraber together berber barber beri here, near beslemek to feed, nourish beş five bey gentleman beyaz white beyefendi sir bıçak knife bırakmak to leave biber pepper bildirmek to tell, inform bile even, already bilet ticket biletçi ticket taker bilgi knowledge, information bilmek to know, be aware bin thousand bina building binmek to get upon, ride bir one bira beer biraz a little, some birleşik united birlik unity, union bisiklet bicycle bitirmek to finish, complete bitmek to be used up, end, be finished biz we bluz/bulüz blouse boğaz throat; straight; mountain pass bol plentiful, ample borç debt, loan boş empty, free boy height, stature, length boyun neck, cervix; responsibility bozmak to spoil, ruin, destroy bozuk broken bozulmak to go bad, become corrupt bölge region, zone bölüm portion, slice, chapter börek flaky pastry with filling böyle so, thus; such bu this buçu half bugün today bulmak to find, discover buluşmak to meet bulut cloud bulvar boulevard burada here burun nose, beak, tip buyurmak to command buz ice, very cold buzdolabı refrigerator büro office bütün whole, total, unbroken büyük big, large C cadde main road, thoroughfare cami mosque can soul, life, person, vigor canlı living, animate, living being, alive ceket jacket cennet paradise, heaven cep pocket cevap answer, reply cins sort, type, sex, gender, race, stock cuma Friday cumartesi Saturday cumhuriyet republic ç çabuk quick, fast, swift, quickly çağırmak to call, to invite, to shout çalışkan hard-working, diligent çalışma work, study çalışmak to work, study çalmak to hit, strike çanta bag, purse çarpmak to bump, hit, knock, run (into) çarşamba Wednesday çarşı shopping district, market quarter çatal fork, bifurcation çay tea çekmek to pull, haul, move (a car) çeşit kind, sort, variety, assortment çevirmek to turn, rotate; to refuse; to translate çeyrek a quarter, one fourth çıkarmak to take out, send out, expel, to publish çıkmak to go out, emerge, to graduate çiçek flower çiftlik farm çikolata chocolate çirkin ugly çocuk child çok many, much, very çorap stocking, nose, sock çorba soup çünkü because D da/de too, also dağ moutain, brand daha more, than, yet, or daima always, forever daire circle; apartment dakika minute daktilo typewriting, typist dans dance, dancing dar narrow, tight davet invitation dede grandfather defa time, turn defter notebook değer price, worth, value değil not değışik different, varied, changed değişmek to change delik hole, opening demek to say denemek to test, examine deniz sea derece step, stair, degree derhal suddenly, immediately derin deep, profound ders lesson, lecture dert sorrow, sadness, pain deva remedy devir age, time devlet state, government, nation deyim saying, expression dış out, outer, outside dışarı outside diğer other dikkat care, attention dikmek plant, sew, stitch dil language, tongue dilemek to want, desire, to wish dinlemek to listen diş tooth doğmak to be born doğru correct, true doğu east doğum birth doksan ninety doktor doctor dokuz nine dolap cupboard, case dolaşmak to walk dolmak to fill dolmuş (something which is filled) dolu full domates tomato dondurma ice cream dost friend, lover doymak to be satisfied dönmek to go round, circle; to return dönüş return dört four dövmek to beat, pound dudak lip durak stop, stopping place durmak to stop, stand durum state, position, attitude duş shower duvar wall duygu feeling, sense, perception duymak to hear düğün wedding feast dükkân shop, store dün yesterday dünya world, earth düşmek to fall düşünmek to think, worry düz smooth, level, flat E eczane pharmacy efendi master, owner eğer if eğlence amusement, enjoyment eğlenmek to enjoy, to have a good time ek supplement; prefix, suffix ekim October; sowing, planting ekmek bread; to sow, to cultivate eksik lacking, less ekşi sour, tart el hand, power elbette certainly elbise dress, clothes elektrik electricity elli fifty elma apple emekli retired emin safe, secure, sure, certain emir order, command en width; hefty, huge; most enerji energy erkek man erken early ertesi the next, following eser work (of art); written eski old eş spouse; husband, wife; one of a pair eşya furniture, things et meat etek skirt etmek to do, make etraf sides, surroundings ev house evet yes evlenmek to marry evli married evvel first, before evvel/evvela firstly eylem action, operation; verb eylül September F fabrika factory faiz interest fakat but fakir poor, destitute fakülte department (at a university) fark difference, distinction fayda profit, advantage, use fazla excessive, extra felâket disaster fena bad fırçalamak to brush fırın oven, bakery, kiln fiil act, ded fikir thought, idea, opinion film/filim film fincan cup fiyat/fiat price fotoğraf photograph G galiba perhaps, probably garson waiter gazete newspaper gazeteci jounalist; newpaper seller gazino cafe, casino gece night geç late geçen last, past geçirmek to infect; to fix, insert; to pass (time); to enter; to undergo; to get over (an illness); to see (s. o.) off; to transmit (heat) geçit passage; mountain pass geçmek to pass, cross; to undergo; to spoil; to faint gelecek future; next gelin bride; daughter-in-law gelişmek to grow up; to develop, prosper gelmek to come gemi ship (n.) genç young gene/yine again; still, nevertheless genellikle generally geniş wide gerçek real, genuine; reality, truth; really gerek necessary; need gerekmek to be necessary geri back/ward, behind; slow (clock); fool (slang); to take/put back getirmek to bring, yield gezmek to stroll; to go out; to tour, visit gibi like, similar; nearly, somewhat gidiş departure; way of life, conduct giriş entrance; introduction girmek to enter; to join; to fit (into); to begin (season/time) gişe pay desk, ticket window gitmek to go; to lead; to suit; to last; to accompany (s. o.); to leave; to disappear, die giyinmek to dress (o. s.) giymek to wear; to put on göğüs breast, chest gök sky, heavens göl lake gömlek skirt; slip; generation; degree, shade; (snake) skin göndermek to send göre according (to); considring görev duty; function görmek to see; to visit; to regard; to undergo; to perform görüşmek to meet, to have an interview; to discuss göstermek to show götürmek to take (away), to carry; to accompany; to lead göz eye gözlük eyeglasses gram gram güç difficult; difficulty gül rose gülmek to smile, to laugh gün day; period, time günaydın good morning/day güneş sun güney wouth, southern günlük daily; ... days old; for ... days; diary; usual gürültü noise güzel nice, beautiful, good H haber news hafta week hak justice hakikaten in truth, truly haklı right, just hal condition; attitude; strength halbuki whereas, however halı carpet, rug halk people, folk, nation hangi which hanım lady, Mrs., Ms. hanımefendi lady, madam hani in fact, besides hareket movement, act, deed harita map harp harp, war, battle hasta sick hastabakıcı nurse's aide hastane hospital hat line, stripe; contour hatırlamak to remember, to remind hava air, weather hayat life haydi come on! hayır no; charity hayvan animal hazır ready hazırlamak to prepare haziran June hâlâ still, yet hediye gift, present hele above all, especially hem both ... and hemen right away, almost henüz only just; a minute or so ago hep all, the whole her every, each herhalde probably herkes everyone, everybody hesap account, bill heyecan excitement, entrhusiasm hırsız thief hız speed hiç never, not at all hissetmek to feel, to sense hoca teacher hoş fine, kal hükümet government, administration I ısırmak to bite ısmarlamak to order something from someone, to have someone make something ışık light, any source of light İ iç inside, interior, inner, domestic, kernel içeri inside, interior için for, because, so that içki drink, liquor içmek to drink idare administration, management, direction ihtiyaç need, necessity ihtiyar old, old person iki two iktisadi economic ilaç/ilâç medicine, drug ilân notice, advertisement ile with ileri front part, forward, ahead ilginç interesting ilk first, initial ilkbahar spring imza signature imzalamak to sign inanmak to believe, trust, have faith in inmek to get off (a bus, car, etc.) insan person inşallah I hope that . . . ise however (after a noun) isim name iskemle chair, stool istasyon station istek wish, desire, request istemek to want iş work işçi worker işitmek to hear işte here! here it is! look! itmek to push, shove iyi good iyilik goodness, favor, kindness izin permission izlemek to follow, persue; watch K kabul acceptance kaç how many ... ? kaçmak to escape kadar as ... as; approximately kadın woman kahvaltı breakfast kahve coffee; café kahverengi brown kalabalık crowd, crowded kaldırmak to raise, endure kale fortress kalem pencil, pen kalın thick kalkmak to get up, rise kalmak to remain, be left kalorifer central heating system kan blood kanun law kapalı closed, covered kapamak to close, shut kapı door, gate kapıcı doorkeeper kar snow kara black karakol police station karanlık dark karar decision kardeş sibling karı wife karın stomach, abdomen; womb karışık mixed, complex karışmak to mix, become confused karşı facing, opposite karşılamak to go to meet, to welcome kasaba small town kasap butcher kasım November kaş eyebrow kaşık spoon kat storey, floor katı hard, stiff kavga quarrel, fight kavun honeydew melon kaybetmek to lose kaynak spring, source, origin kazan large kettle kazanç gain, profit, benefit kazanmak to earn, win, get kâğıt paper, card kâr profit, benefit kâtip clerk, secretary kebap shish kebab kedi cat kendi oneself kent city kere time kesmek to cut, slice keyif pleasure in life; joy kırk forty kırmak to break, crush, grind kırmızı red kısa short kısım part, portion, division kış winter kıyı shore, side, outskirts kıyma ground meat kız girl, daughter kızıl red; scarlet fever kızmak to anger kibrit match kilim rug kilo kilogram kilometre kilometer kim who, whoever kimse someone, anyone kira renting, leasing kirli dirty kişi person, human being kitap book koca husband, adult kol arm, sleeve, limb kolay easy, simple koltuk armchair komşu neighbor konferans lecture, conference konser concert konsolos consul (diplomat) konuşmak to talk, speak korkmak to fear, be afraid koşmak to run koymak to put, place koyu thick (liquid) koyun sheep köfte meat patty, meatvll kömür coal, charcoal köpek dog köprü bridge kör blind, dull, dim köşe corner kötü bad köy village köylü peasant kulak ear; gill kullanmak to use, drive kum sand, bravel kumaş cloth, fabric kurmak to set up, assemble kurtarmak to save, rescue kuruş piaster kuş bird kutlamak to congratulate, celebrate kutu box, case, can kuvvet strength, power, force kuzey north küçük little, small kütüphane library L lamba lamp lâzım necessary limon lemon lira lira lise (high) school lokanta restaurant lütfen/lûtfen please lüzum necessity, need M maalesef unforunately madem since, seeing that maden mine mahalle neighborhood, district makina machine mal goods, property manav greengrocer manzara scene, view mart March masa table maşallah Wonderful! mavi blue mayıs May mâna meaning, sense meclis assembly, council mektep school mektup letter memleket country, land memnun pleased, satisfied memur civil cervant, official mendil handkerchief merak curiosity merdiven stairs, ladder merhaba hello merkez center, headquarters mersi thanks! cheers! mesele matter, problem meslek profession meşgul busy, preoccupied meşhur famous metre meter mevsim season mevzu topic, subject meydan open space meyva fruit millet nation, people millı national milyar billion milyon million mimar architect minare minaret misafir guest, visitor mor purple musluk tap, faucet mutfak kitchen mutlaka absolutely mutlu happy müddet period, duration müdür director, head, chair mühendis engineer mühim important, significant mümkün possible müracaat application müsaade permission müze museum müzik music N nasıl how ne what neden why nerede where nereli where from nereye where to niçin why nihayet finally nisan April niye why niyet intention; niyet etmek to intend normal normal not note, mark numara number, size; numara yap- to act, pretend nutuk speech, oration; nutuk vermek to make a speech O ocak January oda room odacı janitor odun firewood ofis office oğlan boy oğul son okul school okumak read olmak to be; to happen omuz shoulder on ten opera opera ordu army orman forest orta middle otel hotel otobüs bus otomobil automobile oturmak to sit; to reside otuz thirty oynamak to play oyun game Ō öbür to other ödemek to pay ödev duty; homework öğle noon öğrenci student öğrenmek to learn öğretim instruction; education öğretmek to teach öğretmen teacher ölçmek to measure; to consider ölçü measurement ölmek to die ölüm death ömür life span; amusing ön front önce first; ago önem importance önemli important öpmek to kiss öyle like that, so özel private özür excuse; defect P pahalı expensive paket packet, package palto man's coat pansiyon boarding house pantalon pants, trousers para money parça piece, bit, segment park park parlak bright, shining, successful parmak finger, toe, spoke (of a wheel) pasaport passport pasta pastry, dessert pastane pastry shop patates potato patron employer, head of a business pazar open market; Sunday pazartesi Monday pek very much; hard, firm peki very good pembe pink pencere window perde curtain, screen, veil perşembe Thursday peynir cheese piknik picnic pilav pilaf pis dirty, foul, obscene pişirmek to cook, to bake pişmek to be cooked, baked; to ripen, to mature plaj beach polis police, policeman politika politics, policy portakal orange posta post, postal service postane post office profesör professor program program pul stamp R radyo radio raf shelf rağmen in spite (of) rahat comfortable rakı anise flavored alcoholic beverage randevu appointment, rendezvous reçel jam renk color renkli colored, colorful resim picture resmı official, formal ressam painter, artist rica request rüzgâr wind S saat watch, click, hour sabah morning saç hair sade mere, simple, pure sağ alive sağlık life, health saha space, field sahi sound, true, correct sahip owner sakın beware; objection salata salad, lettuce salı Tuesday salon hall, guest room, dining room sanayi industries sandalye chair saniye second, moment sanki supposing that sanmak to think sarı yellow; pale satıcı salesman satın~al- to buy satmak to sell savaş struggle, fight, war sayfa page saymak to count sebep cause, reason, source sebze vegetable seçmek to choose, select sefer voyage sekiz eight sekreter secretary seksen eighty selâm greeting, salutation sen you sene year serbest free, independent sergi axhibition serin cool sert hard, violent ses sound, noise, voice sevgili beloved, dear sevinç joy, delight sevinmek to be pleased with sevmek to love, like seyahat journey, travelling seyretmek to see, to look on sıcak warm, hot, heat sıfır zero sık close together, dense sıkmak to press, squeeze sınıf class sır secret, mystery sıra row, turn, file sigara/cıgara cigarette sinema cinema siyah black siz you soğan onion soğuk cold, frigid sohbet conversation, chat sokak streeet sol left, result, last son end, result, last sonbahar fall, autumn sonra afterwards sormak to suck soru question sorun problem soyadı family name, surname söylemek to say söz word, speech, rumour sözlük dictionary spor sport, games su water, fluid subay officer sultan ruler susmak to be silent sürmek to drive süt milk Ş şair poet şapka hat şarap wine şark east, Orient şart condition şaşırmak to be confused about şaşmak to be perplexed şehir town, city şeker sugar, candy şekerli sweetened şemsiye umbrella şey thing şikâyet complaint şimdi now şirket company, partnership şiş spit, skewer; swelling, swollen şişe battle şişman fat şoför chauffer şöyle in that manner, so, just şu that, this şubat February şüphe doubt, suspicion T tabak plate, dish tabii of course tahsil collection; study, education tahta blackboard; board, plank takım set; team taksi taxi tam complete, entire, perfect tamam OK; completion, end tane grain; piece; berry tanımak to know tanışmak to meet, make acquaintance tanrı god; God taraf side, direction tarif side, direction tarih description tarla arable field taş stone taşımak to carry, transport, bear taşınmak to go very often to, be carried to tatil holiday, vacation tatlı sweet, drinkable tavuk hen taze fresh, new tebrik congratulation tehlike danger tek single, alone teklif proposal, offer tekrar repetition tekrarlamak to repeat telefon telephone televizyon television telgraf telegraph, telegram tembel lazy temiz clean, pure, honest temizlemek to lcean temmuz July temsil representation tepe hill, summit tercih preference terzi tailor teşekkür thanks, giving thanks tırnak finger nail, toe nail; claw, hoof ticaret trade, commerce tiyatro theatre top ball, anything round toplamak to collect, gather, tidy toplantı assembly, meeting toprak earth, soil, land tramway tram, streetcar traş/tıraş shaving tren train tuhaf uncommon, curious turist tourist turistik touristic turuncu orange (color) tutmak to hold; to catch, seize tuvalet toilet tuz salt tuzlu salted türlü various tütün tobacco U ucuz cheap uçak airplane uçmak to fly, to evaporate, disappear ufak small uğramak to stop by ulus people, nation ummak to hope, expect umumiyetle usually, generally unutmak to forget uyanmak to awake, come to life uygun comfortable, fitting appropriate uyku sleep uyumak to sleep uzak distant, remote uzatmak to extend, prolong uzun long Ü üç three ülka country ümit hope, expectation üniversite university ünlü famous üst top, upper surface ütü flat-iron üye member, organ üzere at the point of, about to üzmek to strain, break; tohurt the feelings of üzülmek to be worn out üzüm grape V vakit time vali governor valiz suit-casse vapur steamer var there is, there are varmak to arrive, to reach vatan native country vatandaş citizen, compatriot vazgeçmek to give up, to abandon vazife duty, obligation vaziyet position, situation ve and vermek to give veya or vurmak to hit, kill, steal, swindle Y ya either ... or ... ; Oh ... ! yabancı stranger, foreigner yağ oil, fat, grease yağmak to rain yağmur rain yahut or yakın near (to) yakıt fuel (for heating) yakmak to light, ignite yalan lie, fabrication yalnız alone, lonely yan side; neighborhood yanak cheek yani that is to say yanlış error yanmak to burn, be on fire yapmak to make; to build; to create yaprak leaf, grape leaf; layer yardım help yarı half of the yarım half yarın tomorrow yasak prohibition, ban, prohibited yaş damp, fresh yaşamak to live; to enjoy yaşlı old, elderly yatak bed yatmak to go to bed yavaş slow; quiet yavru young animal yaz summer yazı writing yazık pity, shame yazmak to write yedi seven yemek to eat; to spend (money) yeni new yer place; position yeşil green yetişmek to catch, make; to be in time for yetmek to be sufficient yetmiş seventy yıkamak to wash; to bathe yıkanmak to be washed; to be bathed yıl year yine/gene again, once more; still, even so yirmi twenty yiyecek food yoğurt yogurt yok not exiting yoksa or ... ? (used in questions) yol road, path, route yolcu traveler; passsenger yolculuk journey, trip yollamak to send yorgun tired yorulmak to get tired yön direction, apsect, angle yönetici manager, administrator yukarı upstairs; upper yumurta egg; testicle yumuş soft, tender, gentle yurt homeland of a people or nation yüksek high; lofty yükselmek to rise, ascend yürümek to work, to march, to move forward yüz one hundred yüzmek to swim, to float Z zahmet trouble zaman time zamir pronoun zarf case, envelope zaten anyway zengin rich zeytin olive, olive tree zil doorbell, buzzer ziyaret visit, pilgrimage zor trouble, worry, difficulty allatt.htm (revised 6/01) Text Archive Home | Book Details | Table of Contents