Turkish–English dictionary

reyiâm

(law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.

reyon

A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.

rezalet

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.

rezerv

(military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

rezervasyon

A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.

rezervuar

In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.

rezidans

The place where one lives (resides); one's home.

rezil

Deserving derision.

rezil etmek

(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.

rezilane

Causing infamy; disgraceful.

rezilcesine

Causing infamy; disgraceful.

rezillik

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.

rezilyans

(physics) The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.

rezistans

The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

riayet etmek

To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.

rica

Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

rica etmek

(transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.

rickrollamak

(originally, Internet slang) To mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up".

Riga

The capital city of Latvia.

rimel

A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

ring

A space, usually square, with elastic ropes around the edge, in which a boxing match is fought.

ringa

Those fish and any other fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.

risale

A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.

risin

(protein, poison) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.

risk

The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]

riske atmak

(transitive) To incur risk as a result of (doing something).

riske etmek

To try or risk.

riskli

Fraught with danger.

ritim

The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.

ritm

The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.

ritüel

A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.

rivayet

(countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.

riyakar

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]

riziko

The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]

rıhtım

(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.

rıza

(intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.

rıza göstermek

(intransitive) To agree to a proposal.

robotik

Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.

rock

(music genre) A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.

rockçı

A musician who plays rock music.

rodeo

(sports) A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.

Rodos

A city on the island of Rhodes, Greece, and the capital of the Dodecanese.

rögar

A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

rok

(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.

rok atmak

(usually, _, intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.

roka

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

roket

An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine. [from 20th c.]

Roksana

A en given name.

rol

The function or position of something.

rol yapmak

(transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.

röliker

(religion) A container to hold or display religious relics.

rom

(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

Roma dondurması

An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.

Romalı

(historical) A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.

roman

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]

romancı

An author of novels.

Romanlar

A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.

romans

An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

romantik

Romantic.

Romanya

A country in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Bucharest.

Romanyalı

(countable) A native of Romania.

romatizma

(pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.

romatoloji

(medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

Romence

(uncountable) The official language of Romania and Moldova.

Romeo

(fiction) One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.

römork

An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.

römorkör

(watercraft) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

rondela

A flat piece of material, often of metal and often an annulus, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.

Rönesans

Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.

ronin

A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).

röntgenci

A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.

röpörtaj

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).

röportajcı

One who interviews.

rota

A course or way which is traveled or passed.

rötar

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

rotasyon

(chiefly, uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.

Rotterdam

A city in South Holland, Netherlands.

Rouen

The prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime, and the capital of the region of Normandy, France, on the Seine River.

rövanş

A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest.

rozet

(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

ruam

An infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.

Ruanda

A country in East Africa.

Rubikon

(historical) A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.

ruble

The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка, Belarusian: капе́йка). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.

rüçhan

The state of being superior.

ruh

(organic compound, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).

ruh bilimi

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

ruh göçü

Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

ruh ikizi

Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.

ruhani

Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

ruhsal

Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

ruhsal eş

Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.

ruhsat

A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.

ruhsuz

Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.

rüküş

(of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.

rulet

(uncountable) A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

Rum

(countable) A person from Greece or of Greek descent.

Rumeli

(historical) A former region comprising the territories of the Ottoman Empire in Europe.

Rumen

Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

Rumence

Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

Rus

Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.

Rusça

Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.

Rusçuk

A city in northeastern Bulgaria.

rusdağı

An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.

rüşte ermemiş

(Scots law, obsolete) An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.

rüşvet

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

rüşvetle kandırmak

(intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).

Rusya

A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.

Rusyalı

(countable, obsolete) A person from the Soviet Union.

rütbe

A grade conferred upon officers in armed forces, police and intelligence agencies, typically denoted by particular insignia affixed to their uniforms.

rutubet

The state of being moist.

rutubetli

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

rüya

(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

rüya dolu

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

rüya gibi

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

rüya görmek

(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.

rüzgâr

A light, gentle wind.

rüzgar üstü

Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

rüzgâr yönünde

Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

rüzgara

(transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.

rüzgâra doğru

Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

rüzgâraltı

On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

rüzgarlı

Accompanied by wind.

ruzname

(countable, metonym) The news organization that produces such a publication.

saadet

(uncountable) The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.

saat

A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

saat yönünde

In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.

saat yönünün tersinde

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock.

sabahlamak

(intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.

sabahları

During the day.

sabahleyin

During the day.

saban

(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

saban ağacı

The handle of a plough.

Şabat

Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.

sabi

A young person, animal, or plant; chit.

sabit

Unchanged through time or space; permanent.

sabit disk

(computer hardware) Ellipsis of hard disk.

sabit fikirli

(of a person) Holding to one's own opinion obstinately and unreasonably.

sabit hat

(by extension) A telephone connected by such a fixed wire that allows multiple phones to operate simultaneously on the same phone number, specifically not wireless/mobile.

sabit telefon

(by extension) A telephone connected by such a fixed wire that allows multiple phones to operate simultaneously on the same phone number, specifically not wireless/mobile.

sabitlemek

(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

sabır

The quality of being patient.

sabırlı

(of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

sabırsız

Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.

sabırsızca

In an impatient manner.

şablon

Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. [from 14th c.]

sabotaj

A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

sabotajcı

A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.

sabote etmek

To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

sabun

(countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineral) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.