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homofobi
Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]
homojen
Consistent; conforming to one standard.
homoseksüel
(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
homoseksüellik
Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]
homurdanma
A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
homurtu
A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
Honduras
A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa.
hop
(colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.
hoparlör
An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
hoppa
Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.
hoppala
(colloquial) Acknowledging a mistake.
hor gören
Insulting, ridiculing.
hor görmek
(transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
hor görülmek
(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
hora
(dances) A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
hordan
A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
hörgüç
A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
horlama
The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
horlamak
(ambitransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
horoskop
An astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.
horoz
(North America, Kent, Australia, NZ) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
horoz ibiği
A fleshy red crest of a rooster
horozlanmak
(transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
hortan
A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
hortlak
A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
hortum
(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
hortumculuk
(legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
horultu
The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
hoş
(affected) Very cute or lovable; adorable, charming, sweet.
hoş geldin
Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
hoş geldiniz
Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
hoşça kal
Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
hoşgörü
Tolerance.
hoşgörülü
Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
hoşlanmak
To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
hoşluk
Pleasantness.
hoşnut
In a state of satisfaction.
hoşnutsuz
Unhappy; dissatisfied
hostel
A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
hostes
A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.
hoşuna gitmek
To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
hotoz
An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
hovarda
A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
höyük
An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
Hristiyan
(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
Hristiyanlık
An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
HTML
Initialism of Hypertext Markup Language.
hububat
(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
hububat ambarı
(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
hüccet
(countable, also, figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
hücre
A section or subdivision of a prison.
hücre çekirdeği
(cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
hücum
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
hücum etmek
(chiefly, military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
hücuma kalkmak
(chiefly, military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
Hüda'ya dua etmek
(obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
hudut
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
hudutsuz
Not having a border.
hükmetmek
To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
hukuk
(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
hukuki
Relating to the law or to lawyers.
hukuksal
Relating to the law or to lawyers.
hüküm
A choice or judgement.
hüküm giydirmek
(chiefly, religion, ethics) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
hüküm sürmek
(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
hüküm vermek
(transitive) To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
hükümdar
The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
hükümdar asası
An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
hükümdarlık
The exercise of sovereign power.
hükümdarlık etmek
(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
hükümet
(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
hükümeti devirme
A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining.
hükümlü
(legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
hükümran
A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
hükümranlık
(by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
hükümsüz kılmak
To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
hümanist
A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.
Humeyni
A surname from Persian, notably borne by Ruhollah Khomeini.
hummalı
Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
humus
A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.
Hun
A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.
hüner
(now, rare) Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability. [from 16th c.]
hunhar
Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.
huni
A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.
hünsa
(WWI, _, military, historical) An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.
hurafe
A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behavior in some magical or mystical way.
hurda
(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
hurda konteyneri
(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
huri
(Islam) A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.
hurma
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. [from 14th c.]
hürmet
Great respect.
hürmetsiz
Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts.
hürmetsizlik
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
hurra
Used to express approval, joy or victory.
hürriyet
(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
hürriyetine kavuşturmak
(transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.
huş
A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
huş ağacı
A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
huş kanosu
A birch-bark canoe.
huş kayığı
A birch-bark canoe.
huş kırbacı
A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
huş sopası
A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
hüsnükuruntu
(idiomatic, psychology) The formation of beliefs based on an outcome that aligns with one's desires or hopes, while disregarding evidence, rationality, or reality.
hüsran
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
huşu uyandırmak
(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
huşu veren
(colloquial, North America, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
huşulandırmak
(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
husumet
Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
husus
(countable) a particular aspect, feature or detail of something
hususiyet
(countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
hüşyar
(of color) Dull; not bright or colorful.
husyesiz
A castrated human male.
hutbe
(Islam) A talk or sermon delivered in mosques before the Friday prayer, or at other special occasions.
hüviyyet
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.
huy
A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
huysuz
(pathology) Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.
huysuzlanmak
(informal, intransitive) To complain.
hüzme
(botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
hüzün
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
hüzünlü
(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
huzur
Perfect happiness.
huzurlu
Motionless and calm.
huzursuz
(of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
huzursuzluk
The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.
huzursuzluk; endişe; kaygı
Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
Hydra
(astronomy) One of Pluto's moons.
i
The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.
iade etmek
(transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
İason
(Greek mythology) The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
ibadet etmek
(intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
ibadethane
A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.
ibare
(legal) A distinct part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
ibik
A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
İbiza
An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
iblis
(Islam) Satan; the Devil.
ibne
(dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]
ibra etmek
(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
ibrani
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
İbranice
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
ibraz etmek
(transitive, legal) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
ibret
A person punished as a warning to others.
ibrik
A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water
ibuprofen
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.
The contents of a pie, etc.
iç açıcı
(dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
iç açmak
(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of. [from 14th c.]
iç bölge
The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
iç çamaşırı
Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
iç çekmek
(transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
iç gözlem
(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.

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