Turkish–English dictionary

akronim

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

akropolis

A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.

akşam

The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.

akşam karanlığı

The close of the day; the coming of night.

akşam vakti

The close of the day; the coming of night.

akşam yemeği

Food consumed before going to bed.

akşam yemeği yemek

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

aksama

An unsteady, off-balance step.

aksamak

To walk lame, or unevenly.

akşamdan kalmalık

Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.

aksan

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

akseptans

(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.

aksesuar

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

aksi

Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.

aksilik

An accident, mistake, or problem.

aksilla

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

aksiyom

(philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.

aksiyon

Fast-paced activity.

aksiyoner

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

aksırmak

(intransitive, medical sign) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

aksu

(ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

aktarma

(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.

aktarmak

(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.

aktarmalı

A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.

aktif

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.

aktif değil

Not active, temporarily or permanently.

aktivasyon

Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.

aktivist

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

aktivite

(uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

aktivizm

The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.

aktör

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

aktöre

(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.

aktris

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

aktüel

(now, rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]

aktüer

A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.

akü

(British) A wet-cell storage battery.

akukmak

(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.

akümülatör

(British) A wet-cell storage battery.

akupunktur

The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.

akvaryum

A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.

al

A deep, slightly bluish red.

ala

(American spelling) Having multiple colors.

alabalık

A nonmigratory freshwater trout of species Salmo trutta, with dark spotted skin, native to Europe and Asia.

Alabama

A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham.

alaca

Possessing prominent and varied colors.

alacalı

Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color.

alacamenekşe

A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

alageyik

A ruminant mammal of the genus Dama belonging to the family Cervidae.

alaimisema

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

alakalı

Standing in relation or connection.

alakarga

Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.

alakasız

(archaic) Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless.

alakavun

A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.

alâmet

A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.

alâmet olmak

(transitive) To signify; to denote.

Alan

(historical) A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.

alarm zili

An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France.

alaşım

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

alay

Act of treating with disdain.

alay etmek

(idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.

alaycı

Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

alaycılık

(uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.

albalı

The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.

albatr

A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.

albay

A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).

albenili

having to power to allure

albüm

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

alçak

Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.

alçak gönüllü

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

alçakgönüllü

Modest and having no pretensions or ostentation.

alçakgönüllülük

The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.

alçalmak

(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

alçaltıcı

Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. [from 1882]

alçı

A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.

alçıpan

A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.

alçıya almak

(medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.

aldatı

(logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.

aldatıcı

Deceptive or misleading.

aldatma

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

aldatmak

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

aldıraşlık

General haste.

aldırışsız

Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.

aldırmayan

Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.

aldırmazlık

The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.

ale

A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.

alelâde

Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.

aleluya

An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.

alem

A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.

alenen

In public, openly, in an open and public manner.

alet

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

alet ile işlemek

(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

alet kiti

A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.

alet kutusu

A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.

alet takımı

A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.

aletle işlemek

(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

aletli

(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).

aletsel

(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).

alev

A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

alev alev

In flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it.

alev makinesi

A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.

alev tahtakurusu

Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

Aleyna

A en given name.

alfa

The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

alfabe

A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.

alfabetik

According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

alfabetik olarak

According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

alfabetik sırayla

According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

alfanümerik

Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.

algı

Acute discernment or understanding; insight.

algılamak

(transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.

algılanabilir

Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.

Ali

A surname from Arabic.

alicenaplık

(uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.

alifatik

(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.

aligator

Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.

alim

A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.

alimlik

Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.

Alis

A en given name popular in England since the Middle Ages.

aliterasyon

The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.

alıç

Any of species Crataegus azarolus of shrubs of southern Europe, related to hawthorn.

alıcı

A person who makes one or more purchases.

alık

Having the qualities of a scatterbrain: absent-minded, forgetful, easily distracted.

alıklık

The state of being clueless.

alıkonma

The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.

alıkoymak

To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.

alım satım

(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.

alımlı

having to power to allure

alın yazısı

The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

alıngan

(of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.

alınganlık

(physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

alınmak

(intransitive, idiomatic) To be elected to some office.

alıntı

A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.

alıntı kelime

A word directly taken into one language from another one.

alıntı sözcük

A word directly taken into one language from another one.

alıntı yapma

The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.

alıntı yapmak

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.

alıntılama

The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.

alıntılamak

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.

alışılagelen

In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.

alışılagelmiş

In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.

alışılmadık

Not usual, out of the ordinary.

alışılmamış

Unusual, unconventional, or idiosyncratic.

alışkan

A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

alışkanlık

An action performed on a regular basis.

alışkanlık yapan

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

alışmak

(intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.

alıştırma

Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

alısün

(countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).

alışveriş

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

alışveriş arabası

A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.