Turkish–English dictionary

Mauritius dodosu

A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

mavi

(particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.

mavi ekran

(computing) Ellipsis of blue screen of death.

mavi kopya

A print produced with this process.

mavi kuş

Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.

Mavi Sakal

A famous fairy tale written by Charles Perrault in 1697 about a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of his current wife to avoid the same fate.

mavi yolculuk

A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

maviler

(uncountable) Blue clothing.

mavileşmek

(ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.

mavileştirmek

(ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.

mavili

Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.

mavilik

The ocean; deep waters.

mavimsi

Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.

mavimtırak

Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.

mavzer

Any of the firearms made or designed by the German company Mauser, notably automatic pistols and bolt action rifles.

maya

Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

Mayaca

The Yucatec Maya language.

mayasıl

(biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.

maydanoz

(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.

mayhoş

Both bitter and sweet.

mayın

(military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to explode when stepped upon or touched.

mayın tarlası

An area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.

mayıs

The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.

mayıs böceği

Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

maymun

(loosely, sometimes, _, proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids, any monkey or ape.

mayonez

Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient.

mayoz

(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.

mayoz bölünme

(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.

maytap

A hand-held firework that emits sparks.

mazeret

An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).

mazgal

(architectural element, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.

mazi

The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.

mazı

Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament.

mazlum

Subject to oppression.

mazoşist

Someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.

mazoşistlik

The (often sexual) enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation.

mazoşizm

The (often sexual) enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation.

mazot

A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.

mazur görmek

(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.

me

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.

meblağ

A quantity of money.

mebus

(UK, Canada, Australia, NZ) A representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a house of a parliament.

mecaz

(uncountable, figure of speech) The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.

mecazen

(manner) In a figurative manner.

mecazi

Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.

mecazımürsel

(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.

mecbur etmek

(transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

mecburi

Essential; crucial; extremely important.

mecburiyet

(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

meçhul

(sometimes, _, postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.

meclis

(politics) A legislative body.

meclis üyesi

(American) A councilman or councilwoman; member of a council.

mecmua

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

meczetmek

To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.

medenî hâl

One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.

medenîleşme

The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.

medeniyet

An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

medet

(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.

Medine

A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.

meditasyon

Holy meditation.

meditasyon yapmak

(intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.

Medusa

(Greek mythology) The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.

medüz

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

medyum

Someone who foretells.

mefhum

Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

mega-

In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106).

megabayt

(computing, formal) One million (106, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes.

megafon

A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.

megakent

A very large city; a megalopolis.

megalit

A large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument.

megaloman

Of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania.

megalomani

A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.

megapol

A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.

mehcur

A person under guardianship.

Mehmet

(countable) A en given name very popular among Muslims.

mehtap

(sometimes, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.

mekan

A location or position in space.

mekanik

(physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass

mekanizma

(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.

mekik

(weaving) A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.

Mekke

A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible.

Meksikalı

A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.

mekte

Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively.

mektep

Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.

mektup

A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.

mektuplaşma

(countable, or, uncountable) Postal or other written communications.

melal

(countable) An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.

melankoli

Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

melankolik

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

melanom

(oncology, disease) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.

melas

A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.

melek

An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.

melek otu

A tall plant, with hollow stems, genus Angelica, especially garden angelica (Angelica archangelica).

meleme

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.

melemek

To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

melez

Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.

Melike

A en given name, the female version of the title Malik ("King" in Arabic).

Melisa

A en given name.

mellah

In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.

melodi

A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.

melodram

(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.

melodramatik

Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

meltem

A light, gentle wind.

mem

(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.

memat

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

memba

The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

meme

(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

meme başı

(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]

meme ucu

(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]

meme vermek

(transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.

memeli

An animal of the class Mammalia.

memeli hayvan

An animal of the class Mammalia.

memleket

The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. [from 14th c.]

memleketli

Somebody from one's own country.

memnun

Greatly pleased.

memnuniyet

(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.

memnuniyetle karşılamak

To accept something willingly or gladly.

memnuniyetsiz

Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment.

memur

A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.

memur bey

A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.

menajer

(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.

mendil

A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

mendirek

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

menekşe

Of a violet colour.

menekşe rengi

The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.

menekşe renkli

Of a violet colour.

menengiç

A Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)

menenjit

(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.

menetmek

(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.

menfaat

the benefit or regard of someone or something

menfez

A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

menfi

Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.

menfur

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]

mengene

A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.

menhir

(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.

menhus

Not auspicious; ill-omened

meni

A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.

menisküs

(anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion. [from 19th c.]

menopoz

The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.

menora

A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.

menşud

The words to a song (or other vocal music).

mensur

Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

mental

(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

menteşe

A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.

menzil

The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).

mera

Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.

merak

(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]

merak etmek

(transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

merak uyandıran

Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.

merak uyandırıcı

Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.