Turkish–English dictionary

troyka

An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.

Trump

A surname from German.

Truva

(historical) An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.

Truva atı

(Greek mythology) The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Troy during the Trojan War.

tsunami

(proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)

tüberküloz

(pathology) The most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs, generally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

tüccar

A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

tüf

(rock) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.

Tufan

(Abrahamic, _, religion) The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.

tüfek

A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.

tüfekçi

A person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.

tüffah

A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree. [from 15th c.]

tuğamiral

(military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.

tugay

(military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.

tuğrul

(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.

tüh

(colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.

tuhaf

Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

tuhaflık

A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]

tükenmek

(transitive) To finish, terminate.

tüketici

A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

tüketmek

(transitive) To eat.

tükürmek

(ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

tükürük

(physiology) A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.

tülemek

(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.

Tulpar

(constellation) A constellation of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.

tulum

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other clothing.

tulumba

A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.

tüm

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

tüm tanrıcılık

(philosophy, religion) A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.

tumağı

(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

tuman

(chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]

tümce

(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.]

tümden

(intensifier, sometimes, _, childish) Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.

tümdengelim, talil

(logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.

tümen

(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.

tümevarım, istikra

(logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.

tümleç

(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. [from 19th c.]

tümleşik

composed and coordinated to form a whole

tümör

(pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

tümsek

An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

tümülüs

(archaeology) A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.

Tuna

(with the) A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.

Tuna nehri

(with the) A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.

tunç

(uncountable) A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.

tundra

A flat and treeless Arctic biome.

tünek

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

tüneklemek

(intransitive, of birds or bats) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.

tünel

An underground or underwater passage.

tünemek

(intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.

tünetmek

(transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.

tungsten

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.

tüngümek

To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.

tüngür

(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.

tunik

A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

Tunus

Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.

Tunuslu

A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.

tüp

(surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.

tür

(type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.

tura

One side of a coin:

turba

Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]

türban

(headwear) A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.

türbe

A burial chamber.

türbin

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

türemek

(intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

türetmek

(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.

türev

(calculus) Of a function, another function, the value of which for any value of the independent variable is the instantaneous rate of change of the given function at that value of the independent variable.

turist

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

Türk

Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.

Türk dili

Any language of that family.

Türk lirası

The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

Türkçe

Any branch of that family.

Türki

Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.

Türkiye

A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.

türkü

(music) A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.

turkuaz

(countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.

türkuvaz

(countable, and, uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

turlamak

(transitive) To make a circuit of a place

turna

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

turna balığı

Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.

turna yemişi

(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.

turnaayağı

Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.

turnike

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

turp

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

turşu

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.

turta

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).

turunçgiller

Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.

turuncu

Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

tuş

A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

tuş takımı

A small board with keys primarily used for tactile input into a machine.

tutak

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

tutam

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

tutam saç

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

tutanak

The official notes kept during a meeting.

Tutankamon

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.

tutar

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

tutarak

(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

tutarga

(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

tutarık

(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

tutarlık

The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.

tutarlılık

Self-confidence; poise; composure.

tutkal

A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

tutkallamak

(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.

tutku

A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.

tutkulu

Fired with intense feeling.

tutkun

An adherent or fan (of something).

tutma

The or an act of taking.

tutma erkek

A hired escort or dancing partner for a woman.

tutmak

(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]

tütmek

(transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.

tutsak

Any person held against their will.

tütsü

Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.

tütsülemek

To perfume with incense.

tutturmak

(transitive) To affix or pin.

tutu

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.

tutu vermek

(transitive, legal) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.

tutucu

(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

tutuk

Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.

tutuklama

(legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

tutuklamak

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]

tutulma

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

tutulum

(astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.

tutum

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.

tutumlu

Of something which is consumed (such as money, goods, etc.): Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.

tutumluluk

The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.

tutumsuz

Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.

tütüncü

A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.

tutuş

The or an act of taking.

tuval

A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.

tuvalet

(chiefly, British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).

tüveyc

(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.

tüy

Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

tüy dökmek

(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.

tüyler ürpertici

Causing fear or anxiety; scary.

tüylü

Covered with fluff.

tüylü arı

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.

tüylü top

(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

tüymek

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

tüyo

A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [from mid-19th c.]

tüytop

(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]

tuzak

(legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.

tuzakçı

One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.

tüze

(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.

tüzel

Of or relating to a corporation.

tuzlamak

(mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.

tuzlu

Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.

tuzlu su

The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.

tweet atmak

(ambitransitive, social media) To post an entry to Twitter. [since 2007]

tweetlemek

(ambitransitive, social media) To post an entry to Twitter. [since 2007]

Twitter

(trademark) An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.

Tyr

(Norse mythology) The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw.