Turkish–English dictionary

sayman

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

sayrı

Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. [from 15th c.]

sayrılarevi

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

sayrılık

(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.

sayvan

A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.

saz

(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

sazan

Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

scooter

A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

se

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

seans

A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

Seattle

A seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County.

sebak

A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

sebat

The qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination, and perseverance.

sebat etmek

(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.

şebboy

Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.

Sebe

(biblical) A former kingdom in the Red Sea region. An ancient kingdom in Arabia or possibly in Africa. Frequently equated with ancient Saba.

şebeke

(anatomy) The middle layer of the meninges; a membrane that protects the brain and spinal cord below the dura mater and above the subarachnoid space and the pia mater.

sebep

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

sebep olmak

(transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

şebnem

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

Sebt

Relating to the Sabbath.

Sebt Günü

Relating to the Sabbath.

sebze

A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.

seçenek

Something selected.

seçici

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.

seçiciler

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.

seçilen

Something selected.

seçilmis

(informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).

seçim

One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

seçim; karar

A conscious choice or decision. [from early 17th c.]

seçkin

(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy.

seçkinler

A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.

seçme

Any product thought to be the best of its type.

seçme kutusu

(graphical user interface) An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.

seçmek

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

seçmeler

An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.

seçmeli

Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.

seçmen

(politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.

sedanter

Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.

sedasyon

The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.

sedef hastalığı

(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.

sedef otu

Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.

sedye

A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.

şef

A person in charge of a business or company.

sefalet

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

sefaret

An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.

sefarethane

An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.

sefer

A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose

seferber

Subject to mobilization

seferberlik

The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

şeffaf

(often, of words or traits) Clear, lucid, or transparent.

şeffaflık

(uncountable) The quality of being transparent.

sefil

A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class. [from early 16th c.]

sefillik

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

şefkat

(by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.

şefkatli

Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

seğirtmek

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

şehadet

The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.

şehâdetnâme

A written recommendation of someone's worth or character

şehbaz

Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

seher

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

şehevi

Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

şehir

(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

şehir silueti

The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.

şehirlerarası otobüs

(British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

şehirli

A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.

şehit

One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom.

şehitler

One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom.

şehitlik

The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.

sehpa

A three-legged stand or mount.

Şehrazat

A en given name.

şehriye

(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

şehvani

Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

şehvet

Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

şehvet düşkünlüğü

Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.

şehvetli

Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.

şehzade

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

şek

(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

sekans

A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.

sekansiyel

(programming) Executed as a sequence of instructions, without concurrency or parallelism.

Sekendiz

(astronomy) The sixth planet of the solar system, known for its large rings, and until recent times the furthest known; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♄.

şeker

(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.

şeker hastalığı

(disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]

şekerci

A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).

şekerleme

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

şekerlemek

(transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.

seki

(agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

şekil

The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.

şekillendirmek

(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.

şekilsiz

Lacking a definite form or clear shape.

sekiz

A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.

sekizde bir

One of eight equal parts of a whole.

sekizgen

(geometry, also, attributively) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles.

sekizinci

The ordinal form of the number eight.

sekme

(GUI) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.

sekmek

(intransitive) To jump a short distance.

sekretarya

The office or department of a government secretary.

sekreter

A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.

sekreterlik

(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.

seks

(uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. [from 1899]

seks düşkünü kadın

A woman with an excessive libido.

seks filmi

(countable, informal, chiefly, in the plural) A pornographic work.

seks müptelası kadın

A woman with an excessive libido.

seks partisi

A gathering of people to engage in group sex.

seksapel

Sexual attractiveness. [from 1910s]

seksek

(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.

seksen

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

seksenler

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

seksi

Having sex appeal; attractive.

Şekspir

William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

sekstilyon

(US, British, Australian, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021.

sekter

Parochial or narrow-minded.

sekülarist

A person who believes in or supports secularism.

seküler

Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical; profane.

sekülerizm

Neutrality towards all religions.

sel

In the style or manner of; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives.

sel basmak

To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.

selam

A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

selamet

The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.

selametle

(literary) Used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of a person's actions be positive for them; typically said to someone who is about to start a journey or a daring endeavour.

selamlama

The utterance of such a greeting.

Selanik

A port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.

sele

The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.

selek

Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. [from 17th c.]

seleksiyon

Something selected.

selenyum

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.

selfie

(informal, mobile phones) A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.

şellak

A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.

Selma

(countable) A en given name.

selofan

Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.

selüloz

A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.

selvi

An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.

şema

A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.

semantik

Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words. [from late 19th c.]

şematet

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

semaver

A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.

semavi

of or related to Heaven and the divine.

sembol

(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.

sembolik

In a symbolic manner.

sembolizm

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]

semifinal

A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

semih

Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. [from 17th c.]

seminal

Of or relating to seed or semen.

semirmek

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.

semirtmek

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.

semiyotik

The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.

semizlemek

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.

semizlenmek

(intransitive, of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.

şempanze

(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

sempatizan

(often, derogatory) A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.