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tarih düşmek, kaydetmek
(countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
tarih olmuş
(informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
tarih öncesi
(properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record.
tarihçe
(countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
tarihçi
A writer of history.
tarihen
In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.
tarihî
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
tarihsel
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
tarikat
(religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.
Tarık
The 86th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
tarım
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
tarım bilimi
The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.
tarımcı
One who practices agriculture, a farmer, a gardener.
tarla
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
tarla kuşu
Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
tarot
(singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations.
Tarsus
A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.
tart
A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
tartan
(uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.
Tartaros
(Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
tartışılan
Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
tartışma
Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
tartışmak
(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
tartışmalı
Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
tartışmalı şekilde
As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty.
tartışmasız
As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty.
tartmak
(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
tarz
(Commonwealth, politics) A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
tarzanca
(linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
taş
(countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
taş kesilmek
To immobilize with fright.
taş ocağı
(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
taş tahta
(countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.
taş ustası
A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick
tasa
(countable, uncountable) Worry.
taşa dönmek
(transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
taşak
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.
taşaklı
(vulgar, colloquial) Tough and courageous; having balls.
tasarım
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
tasarımcı
A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
tasarlamak
To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
tasarruf etmek
To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
tasavvur etmek
(transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
taşçı
Somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone.
tasdik eden
One who validates.
tasdik edilmiş
Verified or ratified.
tasdik etmek
(transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
tasfiye
The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
tasfiyehane
A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.
taşikardi
(medicine, cardiology) A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations. [from 19th c.]
taşıl
The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
taşıma
The act of hauling.
taşımacılık
The business of transporting heavy goods.
taşımak
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
taşınabilir
(biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
taşınma
The act of transporting goods.
taşıt
A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
taşkın
Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).
taslak
A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
taslak defteri
A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
taşlama
(legal) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment
taşlamak
(transitive, legal) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.
taşlaşmak
(transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
taşlık
A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.
tasma
A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
taşmak
(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
tasnif
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
taşra
(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. [from 16th c.]
taşralı
A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
tasrif
(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
tastik
The giving of credentials.
tastiknâme
A tribute given in appreciation of someone's service etc.
tasvir
That which closely resembles; a portrait.
tasvir etmek
To describe or depict with words or gestures.
tat
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
Tatar
Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.
tatar yayı
A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
Tatarca
An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
tatbik
The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.
tatbik etmek
To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
tatbilir
A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.
tatil köyü
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
tatlandırıcı
Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
tatlandırmak
(American spelling, transitive) To add flavoring to something.
tatlı
(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
tatlı patates
Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
tatlı sözle kandırmak
(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
tatlı tatlı
In a sweet or pleasant manner.
tatlılık
Pleasantness.
tatlım
A term of affection.
tatmak
(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
tatmin
A fulfilment of a need or desire.
tatmin etmek
(ambitransitive) To be enough (for)
tatminkar
Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.
tatsız
Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
tattoolu
Having one or more tattoos.
tava
(cookware) A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.
tavan
The upper part of a cavity.
tavan yüksekliği
(countable) The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
tavanarası
The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
taviz
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
taviz vermek
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
tavır
An opinion, stand, or stance.
tavla
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
tavlamak
(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
tavşan
(uncountable) The meat from this animal.
tavsif
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
tavsiye
(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
tavsiye etmek
(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
tavuk balığı
A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
tavuk kümesi
Synonym of hencoop.
Tay
Of or pertaining to Thailand.
Tayca
Of or pertaining to Thailand.
taydaş
Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
tayfa
(nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
tayfun
(in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.
tayga
A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.
tayin etmek
(transitive) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
taykonot
A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut. [from 1998.]
taylamak
(ambitransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.
Tayland
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam.
Taylandca
(uncountable) The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).
Taylandlı
(countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand.
tayt
A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.
Tayvanlı
(in the plural, chiefly, collective) People from Taiwan.
tayyare
(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
taze
Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
tazelik
The state or quality of being fresh.
taziye
(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.
tazı
A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.
tazmin etmek
(chiefly, legal) To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.
tazminat
Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
te
The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
teal
(countable, uncountable) A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
teamül
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
Teb
An ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.
tebaa
Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
Tebai
A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.
tebdil
In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
tebdili kıyafet
Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
tebeşir tahtası
A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
tebessüm
A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
tebessüm etmek
(ambitransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.
tebliğ
(countable) A specific piece of information that serves to notify.
tebliğ etme
(uncountable) The act of notifying.
tebrik
The act of congratulating.
tebrik ederim
Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
tebrik etmek
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for; to felicitate.
tebrikler
Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
tebriye etmek
(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.

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