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yayınlanan
Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
yayınlanmamış
Not published.
yayınlanmış
Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
yayla
A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
yaylanma
(physics) The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
yaylım ateşi
The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
yaymak
to spread or disseminate
yaz
One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
yazar
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
yazar kasa
A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.
yazdırmak
(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
yazgaç
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
yazgı
The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
yazı
Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
yazı biçimi
(typography) The particular design of some type, font, or a font family.
yazı makinesi
A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
yazı tahtası
(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.
yazı tipi
(typography) The particular design of some type, font, or a font family.
yazıcı
(printing) The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymy) any printing business.
yazıhane
A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
yazık
(idiomatic) That's a pity.
yazık ki
Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
yazılı
Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).
yazılım
(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
yazılım uzmanı
(computing) A software developer; a person or company who creates or modifies computer software.
yazılış
(countable) A specific spelling of a word.
yazılmak
(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
yazım
(uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
yazım hatası
(countable) A misspelled word.
yazın
The body of all written works.
yazın ortası
The middle of summer.
yazışma
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
yazışmak
(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]
yazıt
Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
yazıt bilimi
The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
yazıtipi
In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.
yazlık
A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
yazlık ev
A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
yazma
An act of flirting.
yazmak
(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]
yazman
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
ye
The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.
yedek
A person of similar size and shape to an actor who "stands in" for that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.
yedek oyuncu
(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
yedekte çekmek
(transitive) To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.
yedi
A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.
yedieminlik
(legal, business) A form trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors.
yedinci
The ordinal form of the number seven.
yedirmek
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
yediveren
Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance.
yegane
Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
yeğen
(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.
yeğni
(nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
Yehova
(religion) A transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
Yehovah
(religion) A transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
yeknesak
Tedious; repetitive and boring.
yekpare
Morally whole; pure; sheer.
yekûn
A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
yel
A light, gentle wind.
yeldoksan
The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.
yele
The hair of a horse, especially from the mane and tail, used for upholstery.
yelek
A corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
yelken
(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
yelmek
(intransitive) To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
yelpaze
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
yelpazelemek
(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
yelpik
(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.
yem
Material, of an animal or most often vegetable origin, prepared (especially industrially) as feed for domestic or farm animals.
yemak
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
yemek
(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
yemek borusu
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
yemek kitabı
A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
yemek tarifi
Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. [from 18th c.]
Yemen
A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
yemin
A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
yemin billah etmek
To make a solemn promise (to do something).
yemin etmek
(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
yemiş
A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
yemlik
A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
yen
Used to form present participles of verbs.
yenebilir
Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.]
yenge
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
yengeç
(uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
yengi
(uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
yeni
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
yeni damat
A recently married person.
yeni eve taşınma partisi
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
yeni evli
A recently married person.
yeni gelen
A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.
yeni gelin
A recently married person.
yeniden
Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]
yeniden adlandırmak
(transitive) To give a new name to.
yeniden birleşme
The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.
yeniden doğuş
Revival, reinvigoration.
yeniden göz atma
A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
yeniden imar
The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
yeniden kazanma
Instance of getting something back.
yenidoğan
Recently born.
yenik
Subjugated, beaten, overcome.
yenilebilir
Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.]
yenileme
The act of renewing.
yenilemek
(transitive) To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
yenilenmek
(intransitive) To become reconstructed.
yenileştirmek
(transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
yenilgi
The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
yenilgisiz
Not conquered
yenilik
The property of being new; novelty; recency.
yenilmek
(transitive) To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
yenilmez
Impossible to defeat, destroy, or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
yenme
(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
yenmek
(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
yenün
(countable, metonym) The news organization that produces such a publication.
Yer
The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
yer alma
The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
yer ayırma
(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
yer ayırtma
An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
yer çöküntüsü
(geology) An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area.
yer değiştirme
(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
yer fıstığı
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
yer imi
A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
yer solucanı
A worm that lives in the ground.
yeraltı suyu
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
yerbilim
The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.
Yerdiz
The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
yere çalmak
(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
yere çarpmak
(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
yere sermek
(informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
yerel
(group theory, of a property of a finite group) Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups.
yerelleştirme
(software engineering) The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.
yerelleştirmek
(transitive) To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
yerelması
A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.
Yeremya
(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
yergi
(uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
yerinde
Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
yerine
In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
yerine geçmek
(transitive) To take the place of.
yerine getirmek
To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
yerini saptama
(algebra) A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.
yerini tayin etme
(algebra) A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.
Yerküre
The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
yerleşim
A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
yerleşim birimi
A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).
yerleşke
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
yerleştirme
The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
yerleştirmek
(transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
yerli
A person who lives in or near a given place.
yerlileştirmek
(transitive) To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
yermek
(transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
yermeli
Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. [from 1882]
yeröte
(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.

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