Turkish–English dictionary

jeotermik

Pertaining to heat energy extracted from reservoirs in the earth's interior.

Jessika

A en given name.

jest

(obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

jet makinesi

A rocket engine.

jet motoru

A rocket engine.

jeton

A token used in a special establishment like a casino.

jigolo

A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment; a prostitute.

jikle

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

jilet

Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.

jimnastik

A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.

jimnastik ayakkabısı

(US, Atlantic Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.

jimnastik salonu

(formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.

jinekomasti

(diseases) Excessive development of breasts in men, resembling the breast development in women.

jingoizm

(uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.

jiroskop

An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.

jogging

The practice of running at a relatively slow pace for exercise.

joker

A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.

jokey

One who rides racehorses competitively.

jöle

Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

Jorj

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

jorjet

A thin lightweight silk or cotton fabric with a matte finish.

jübile

A major anniversary of an event, particularly the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of a coronation or marriage. [from late 14th c.]

judo

A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.

Juliet

One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

jülyen

(cooking) A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.

Jülyet

One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

Jüpiter

(Roman god) The King of the Gods, also called Jove. Equivalent to the Greek Zeus, Jupiter was one of the children of Saturn. As supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and appropriately called the god of light and sky.

Jura

(geology, paleontology) The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.

jurnal

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

Jutland

A cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany.

KAAÖ

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

kaba

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

kaba et

(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.

kabaca

In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.

kabahat

A misdeed or wrong.

kabahatli

Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.

kabak

Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.

kabak çekirdeği içi

An edible seed from a pumpkin or similar squash, which may - after being roasted (and, if needed, shelled) - be eaten as a snack or used as an ingredient in cooking.

kabak içi

An edible seed from a pumpkin or similar squash, which may - after being roasted (and, if needed, shelled) - be eaten as a snack or used as an ingredient in cooking.

kabakulak

(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

kabalık

The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.

kaban

(transitive) To cover with a coating of some material.

kabarcık

A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.

kabare

Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.

kabarık

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

kabarma

The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.

kabarmak

(intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.

kabartı

(anatomy) A protuberance.

kabartmak

(transitive) To make something fluffy.

Kabil

(biblical character) The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.

kabile

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.

kabile reisi

A leader of a clan or tribe.

kabiliyet

Capability; the ability to perform some task.

kabiliyetli

Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.

kabiliyetli olma

The condition of being suitable.

kabiliyetsiz

Without skill; unskilled, inept.

kabiliyetsizlik

Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

kabin

A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.

kabine

(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

kabir

(narrowly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.

kablo

An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.

kablo kanalı

A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.

kablosuz

Not having any wires.

kabristan

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

kabriyole

(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.

kabuğuna çekilmek

(intransitive) To withdraw into such a case.

kabuk

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.

kabuk bağlamak

(intransitive) To become covered by a scab or scabs.

kabuklular

Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.

kabul

(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

kabul edilebilir

Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.

kabul etmek

(transitive) To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.

kabullenmek

(idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.

kâbus

A very unpleasant or frightening dream. [from 19th c.]

kabza

The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.

kabzetmek

(intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).

kaç çatma

A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.

kaçak

A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.

kaçak avcılık

Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.

kaçakçı

One who smuggles things.

kaçamak

A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.

kaçamak konuşmak

(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.

kaçık

Of unsound mind; insane; demented. [from 17th c.]

kaçınılmaz

Impossible to avoid or prevent.

kaçınmak

(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.

kaçırmak

The act of one who hijacks (in any sense).

kaçış

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

kaçmak

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

kadağa

Not allowed; specifically disallowed.

kadar

In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.

kadastro adası

A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.

kadavra

(literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected. [from late 14th c.]

kadeh kaldırma

(countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

kadeh kaldırmak

(ambitransitive) To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.

kademe kademe

In a progressive manner.

kader

(legal) An unforeseen occurrence beyond one's control, such as a natural disaster.

kadife

A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.

kadife çiçeği

A wild flowering plant, Tagetes erecta, native to Mexico and Central America, with numerous small orangish petals.

kadim

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

kadın

A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

kadın düşmanı

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

kadın düşmanlığı

Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.

kadın erkek ayrımcılığı

(sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).

kadın polis

(police) A female police officer.

kadınsı

Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.

kadırga

(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

kadran

(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.

kadri bilinmemiş

Not given enough recognition for its quality.

kadril

(dance) A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.

kadrolamak

(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

kafa

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

kafa derisi

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

kafa göz yarabilen

Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.

kafa karıştırıcı

difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.

kafa sallamak

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

kafa üstü

With the head first or down.

kafası karışmış

Confused, astonished.

kafasını karıştırmak

To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

kafasını uçurmak

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

kafatası

(skeleton) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

kafaya dikmek

(transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.

kafe

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.

kafein

An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system. [from 1830]

kafeinli

Containing caffeine naturally (e.g., coffee, tea, and cacao) or as an additive (e.g., soft drinks, sports drinks, or energy drinks).

kafeinsiz içecek

(informal) A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.

kafes

An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.

kafese kapamak

(transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

kafese kapatmak

(transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

kafese koymak

(transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

kafeterya

(chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.

kâfir

(religious slur) A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.

kafiye

A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.

Kafkas

(geopolitics) A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

Kafkasya

(geopolitics) A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

kaftan

A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.

kafur

(organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.

kağan

(historical) A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.

kâğıt

(slang) Money.

kağnı

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.

kahin

A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

kahir

Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.

kahkaha

A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.

kahkaha fırtınası

(with the) An attack of uncontrolled giggling.

kahpe

Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.

kahraman

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

kahramanlık

The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

kahretmek

(transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.

kahretsin!

(vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

kahrolasıca

(informal, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly, _) Used as an intensifier.

kahrolsun

(mildly, vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.