Turkish–English dictionary

sinematografi

(film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography

Singapur

An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.

sini

A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.

sinik

Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.

sinir

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

sinir bozucu

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

sinir etmek

(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.

sinir hücresi

(cytology) A cell of the nervous system which conducts nerve impulses; a neuron.

sinir otu

Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.

sinirlemek

(transitive, figurative) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [from 1640s]

sinirlendirmek

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

sinirlenmek

(intransitive) To become angry.

sinirli

Displaying or feeling anger.

sinirli ot

Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.

sinirli yaprak

Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.

sinirsel

Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system. [from 15th c.]

sinizm

(countable) A scornfully pessimistic comment or act.

sinsi

Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.

sinsice

Causing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.

şinto

Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

sinyal

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive ) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.

sinyazıt

An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.

sipariş

(countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.

sipariş etmek

(transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.

sipariş söylemek

(transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.

sipariş vermek

(transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.

siper

In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.

siperlik

A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.

şipşak

Occurring immediately; immediate; present.

şipşirin

A cute person or animal.

Şiraz

A city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis.

şirin

Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

sirk

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]

sirke

The egg of a louse.

sirkeli

(archaic, also, figuratively) Full of nits.

şirket

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

sirküler

An edict or law.

siroz

(pathology) A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.

şirürji

A room or department where surgery is performed.

şiş

A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

şiş kebap

A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.

şişe emziği

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

şişe mantarı

A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

şişelemek

(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

Sisifos

(Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.

şişik

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

şişirilmiş

Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.

şişirme

That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.

şişirmek

(transitive, dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.

şişko

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

şişlemek

To impale on a skewer.

sisli

Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.

şişlik

A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

sislilik

The characteristic or quality of being foggy

şişman

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

şişme

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.

şişmek

(intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).

sismik

Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.

şişmiş

Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.

şist

(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

sistem

A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole. [from early 17th c.]

sistematik

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

sistemli

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

Şit

(biblical character) The third son of Adam and Eve.

sitoplazma

(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.

Şiva

(Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.

sival

A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.

şive

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

sivil

(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]

sivilce

(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

sivilleşme

The state or quality of being civilized.

sivri

Having sharp points like needles.

sivri fare

Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.

sivrisinek

Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

siyah

Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.

siyahlatmak

(rare) To blacken.

siyahlık

The state or quality of being black in colour.

Siyam

(historical) Former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia.

siyanür

(inorganic compound, organic compound, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion.

siyasal

Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.

siyasal nedenlerle yer degistirtme

An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.

siyaset

(countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.

siyasetçi

One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.

siyasi

Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.

Siyon

(biblical) A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.

siz

Free from; devoid of; without.

sizi

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

sizin

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

sizler

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

sizlibizlilik

(uncountable) The state of being formal.

şizofreni

(now, deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder. [from 20th c.]

şizoid

(psychiatry) Someone with schizoid personality disorder.

sıcak

(informal) Very fresh, exciting, and up-to-date.

sıcak plaka

An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.

sıcak ve nemli

(weather) Hot and humid; sweltering. [from late 16th c.]

sıcakkanlılık

Friendliness, kindness or affection.

sıcakkanlılıklar

Friendliness, kindness or affection.

sıcaklık

A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.

sıcaklıklar

A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.

sıcaklıkölçer

An apparatus used to measure temperature.

sıçan

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

sıçıp sıvamak

(transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.

sıçramak

(intransitive) To splash.

sıçratmak

(transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.

sıfat

(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.

sıfat-fiil

(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.

sıfır

The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

şığımak

(intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.

sığın

The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

sığınak

A place of safety or refuge.

sığındırmak

(transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

sığınmacı

A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country.

sığır

(pejorative, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

sığırcık

A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

sığyrcık

A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.

sıhhat

The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. [from 11th c.]

sıhhatli

Promoting good physical health and well-being.

sıhhiyeci

A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and prepare them for transport to a medical facility.

sıhriyet

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

şık

Elegant, stylish.

sık sık

As a rule; frequently; usually.

sıkboğaz etmek

(transitive) To harass with persistent requests.

sıkça

As a rule; frequently; usually.

sıkı

(of clothing etc.) Snug, tight, form-fitting.

sıkı çekmek

(transitive) To pull tight.

sıkı fıkı

(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).) [from 10th c.]

sıkı sıkı bağlamak

To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.

sıkıca

In a tight manner.

sıkıca tutan

Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.

sıkıcı

Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.

sıkıdenetim

The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.

sıkılan

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

sıkılaştırıcı

Making a person seem or become slimmer.

sıkılmış

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

sıkıntı

Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.

sıkıntı yok

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

sıkıntılı

(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.

sıkışık

Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.

sıkışmak

(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.

sıkıştırma

An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.

sıkıştırmak

(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.

sıklık

Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.]

sıkmak

(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.

sıla sıygası

(grammar) In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc.

şımarık

(of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

sınav

(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.

sınav yamak

The act of examining.

sındamga

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.

sındı

(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.

şıngırtı

The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.