Turkish–English dictionary

pozisyon

One's opinion or point of view.

pozitif

(law) Formally laid down. [from the 14th c.]

pozör

One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

Prag

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Praglı

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

pragmatizm

(philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.

pranga

A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).

pratik

Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

prehistorya

The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.

prens

The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]

prenses

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

prensip

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.

prenslik

(countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.]

prepüs

(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other mammals.

prepusyum

(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other mammals.

prespapye

A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.

prestij

(figurative) A special characteristic or quality; prestige, especially via association.

prezervatif

(countable, North America, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.

primat

(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

prisma

(optics) A transparent block in the shape of a prism (sense 1), typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light.

priz

(electrical) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

prizma

(geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.

prizmatik

Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.

prob

(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.]

probiyotik

Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes.

problem

Difficulty in doing something.

problem değil

No apology is necessary; think nothing of it (said in response to an expression of regret).

problem yok

No apology is necessary; think nothing of it (said in response to an expression of regret).

prodüktör

(UK, Irish, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.

profesör

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

profesyonellik

The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play.

profil

(countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.

program

A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.

programcı

(computing) One who writes computer programs.

programlama

(computing) The act of writing a computer program.

progresif

One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.

proje

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

projektör

An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.]

proleter

A member of the proletariat.

Prometheus

(Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.

prömiyer

The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.

promosyon

Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.

propaganda

(religion, historical) The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.

propan

(organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C3H8, a constituent of natural gas. [from 1867]

proses

A series of events leading to a result or product.

prostat

The prostate gland. [from 1646]

prostodonti

Prosthetic dentistry: a specialty of dentistry concerned with the restoration or replacement of damaged or missing teeth or portions thereof.

protaktinyum

A chemical element (symbol Pa) with atomic number 91. A dense, silvery-gray actinide metal.

protesto

A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.

protez

(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.

proton

(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark. [from 1920]

prototip

An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. [from late 16th c.]

prototipleme

creation of prototypes

prova

The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.

Provence

A maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

provokasyon

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

provokatör

One who engages in provocative behavior.

proxy

(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

pruva

(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

psikanalist

A practitioner of psychoanalysis.

psikanaliz

A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.

psikedelik

Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness, etc.

psikiyatr

A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.

psikiyatri

(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.

psikiyatrik

Of, or relating to, psychiatry.

psikiyatrist

A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.

psiko-

Relating to the soul, the mind, or to psychology.

psikolog

An expert in the field of psychology.

psikoloji

(countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.

psikolojik olarak

In a psychological sense.

psikolojikman

In a psychological sense.

psikopati

A personality disorder characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits masked by superficial charm and the outward presence of apparent normality. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.

psikopatoloji

(medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.

psikosomatik

(medicine, psychology) Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms etc. which have mental causes.

psikoterapi

The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques.

psikoterapist

Someone who practices psychotherapy.

psikotik

Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.

psikoz

(psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

psikoz hastası

A person affected by psychosis.

psikozlu

A person affected by psychosis.

psödonim

A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.

puan

(sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.]

puf

A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool. [from 19th c.]

püf nokta

A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [from mid-19th c.]

pufla

Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

püfür püfür esmek

(weather) To blow gently.

pük

(uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.

pul

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

puları

A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

pulsar

(astronomy) A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.

puma

A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.

punto

(typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). [from 19th c.]

pupa

(entomology) An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.

pupada

(nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

püre

A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid or paste.

püritan

A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.

püriten

A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.

pürmüz

A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.

puro

A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.

pürtüklü

Not smooth; uneven.

pürüzlü

Having a rough quality.

pürüzsüz

Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.

pus

Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)

Puşkin

A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́шкин (Púškin).

püskül

A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).

püskürmek

(intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).

püskürtmek

(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

pusmak

(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

puşt

(dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]

pusula

A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).

put

An idol.

Putin

A surname from Russian.

putlaştırmak

To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol.

putperest

Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.

putperestlik

(religion) The worship of idols.

Pyongyang

The capital city of North Korea.

queer

(broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc. [from 20th c.]

rabbi

A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.

rabıt

(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)

rabıta

A form or state of connection.

Racastan

A state in northwestern India, created in 1949 and replacing the former province of Rajputana. Capital: Jaipur. [from 20th c.]

radar

(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.

radon

The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.

radyasyon

The process of radiating waves or particles.

radyatör

(automotive, mechanical) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.

radyoaktif

Exhibiting radioactivity.

radyolog

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

radyoloji

(medicine) The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography#Noun but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation#Noun (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging).

radyum

The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.

raf

A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

rafine

Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:

rafineri

A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

rafting

The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.

ragbi

A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

rağmen

Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.

Ragusa

A city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea; formerly, Ragusa.

rahat

Free of anxiety; not stressed or tense.

rahatlamak

(intransitive, slang) To relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.

rahatlatmak

To evoke or cause someone to be relaxed or calm.

rahatsız

Not comfortable; causing discomfort.

rahatsız edici

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

rahatsız etmek

(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

rahatsızlık

Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

Rahel

(biblical character) Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.

rahibe

A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.

rahim

Showing mercy.

rahip

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

rahip yardımcısı

(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.

rahman

Showing mercy.

rahmetli

(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)