Turkish–English dictionary

kıkırdamak

To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.

kıl

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

kılağı

The sharp edge of the blade of a knife or other cutting tool.

kılavuz

A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.

kılavuzluk

The act or process of guiding.

kılçık

The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

kılçık temizlemek

To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

kılgın

Able to be done in practice.

kılıç balığı

A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.

kılıcı

(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".

kılıf

The sheath of a sword.

kılık

(clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.

kılık değiştirme

The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.

kılık değiştirmek

(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

kılkapan

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

kıllık

The state of being peevish.

kılmak

(transitive) To perform; to execute.

kılsız

Destitute of hair.

kın

The sheath of a sword.

kınama

(countable) A criticism, a critical remark.

kınamak

(transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.

kınçal

(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.

kıpır kıpır

Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.

kıpırdak

Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.

kıpraşık

Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.

kıptı

(countable, usually, construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.

kır

Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.

kır kurdu

(canid) Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

kıraat

The process of interpreting written language.

kırağı

(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.

kırağılaşma

(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)

kırbaç

A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

kırbaçlama

Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.

kırbaçlamak

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

kırık

Non-functional; not functioning properly.

kırık kalpli

Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

kırılabilir

(figuratively) Readily disrupted or destroyed.

kırılabilirlik

The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

kırılgan

(figuratively) Readily disrupted or destroyed.

kırılgan olma

The state of being brittle (in various senses).

kırılganlık

The state of being brittle (in various senses).

kırılım

(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.

kırılma

(uncountable) Enmity, ill feeling; (countable) a feeling of animosity or a dispute.

kırılmak

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

kırılmaz

Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.

kırılmış

(informal) Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed.

kırıntı

The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.

kırışık

Having a crease or creases.

kırışıklık

A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

kırk

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

kırkayak

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

kırlangıç

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

kırma

(Philippines, historical) A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.

kırmak

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

kırmızı

A deep, slightly bluish red.

kırmızı noktalı

(informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.

kırmızılık

(countable, uncountable) A red discoloration, especially of skin.

kırmızımsı

Somewhat red.

kırmızımtırak

Somewhat red.

kıro

An uncultured person; a vulgarian.

kırsal

From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.

kırt

(onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.

kırtasiye

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

kış

Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.

kıs kıs gülmek

(intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.

kış lastiği

Tires with metal protrusions used for improved traction on snow and ice in winter.

kış uykusu

(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.

kış uykusuna yatmak

(intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.

kış!

(informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off!

kısa

In a succinct manner, concisely.

kısa çizgi

The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

kısa işaret

One of the two symbols used in Morse code.

kısa mesaj

(countable) A text message sent using the short message service.

kısa sürede

(figurative) In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

kısa ve öz

(by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

kısa yol

A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.

kısaç

An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.

kısaca

As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told.

kısaca gözden geçirme

A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.

kışak!

(informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off!

kısalık

(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.

kısaltma

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

kısaltmak

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

kısayol

(computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.

kısım

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.

kısır

Not fertile.

kısırlaştırmak

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.

kısırlık

The inability to conceive children.

kısıtlama

A qualification or exemption.

kısıtlamak

(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.

kısıtlayıcı

A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

kıskaç

A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

kıskanç

Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.

kıskanç bir şekilde

In a jealous manner.

kıskançça

In a jealous manner.

kıskançlık

Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]

kıskanmak

(obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.

kışkırmak

(intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.

kışkırtıcı

A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.

kışkırtma

The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.

kışkırtmak

(transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.

kışkışlamak

(transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave.

kışlamak

(intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).

kısmak

To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

kısmen

To a partial degree or extent, incompletely.

kısmet

(countable, archaic) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.

kısrak

An adult female horse.

kışt!

(informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off!

kıstak

(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

kıstas

A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.

kıt

Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

kıta

Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.

kıtasal

Of or relating to a continent or continents.

kıtır

Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.

kıtır kıtır

Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.

kıtlık

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

kıvanç

(countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.

kıvançlı

Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.

kıvcı

A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.

kıvırcık

Having curls.

kıvırmak

(transitive) To bend; to crook.

kıvrak zekalı

(obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.

kıvranma

Extreme pain.

kıvranmak

(intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.

kıvrılmak

(intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

kıvrım

A gentle bend, such as in a road.

kıvrımlı

Having curves.

kıyafet

(clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.

kıyafet balosu

An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

kıyamet

The judgement day.

kıyamet günü

The judgement day.

kıyaslanamaz

Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

kıyaslanmaz

Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

kıyı

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

kıyı şeridi

The divide between land and a body of water.

kıyıcı

Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.

kıyın

Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

kıyısal

(geography) Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.

kıyıya doğru

Towards the shore.

kıyıya yakın

Near the shore.

kıyma

(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.

kıymak

(transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

kıymet

(uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.

kıymet vermek

(transitive) To view as valuable.

kıymetsiz

Having no worth or use; without value.

kıymetsizlik

The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.

kıymık

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.

kız

One’s female offspring.

kız arkadaş

(euphemistic) A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.

kız evlat

One’s female offspring.