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sınıf
A room, often in a school, where classes take place.
sınıf arkadaşı
A student who is in the same class at school.
sınıflandırma
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
sınıflandırmak
(transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
sınıfta bırakmak
(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
sınıfta kalmak
(ambitransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
sınıftaş
A student who is in the same class at school.
sınık
(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
sınır
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
sınır dışı etme
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
sınırdaş
Having a common boundary or border
sınırdışı
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
sınırdışı etmek
(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
sınırlama
Something that constrains; a restriction.
sınırlamak
(transitive) To put a border on something.
sınırlandırılmış
Restricted or limited by conditions.
sınırlayıcı
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
sınırlı
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
sınırsız
Not having a border.
şıp diye
In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.
sıpa
A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
sır
(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
sır tutma
Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
sıra
(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
sıradağ
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
sıradan
Typical.
sıralamak
(transitive, computing) To add an item to a queue. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
sırası gelmişken
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.
sırasında
For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.
Sırbistan
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
Sırbistanlı
A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)
sırça
(usually, uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
sırdaş
A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.
sırık
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
şırınga
A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.
sırıtmak
(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
sırnaşma
(countable) An instance of excessive praise.
Sırp
A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)
Sırpça
Of, from, or pertaining to Serbia and Serbians.
sırrını söylemek; açılmak
(intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
sırt
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
sırt çantası
A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.
sıska
Thin, malnourished, and weak.
sıskalık
(uncountable) The condition of being weak.
sıtma
(disease) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
sıva
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.
sıvamak
(intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
sıvazlamak
To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
sıvı
(physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
sıvışmak
(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]
sıyırma
The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
sıyırmak
The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
sıyrık
A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
sız
Free from; devoid of; without.
sızanak
(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
sızdırmak
(transitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
sızıntı
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
sızlanma
A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
sızlanmak
A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.
sızmak
(intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
Sjaelland
The largest island of Denmark.
skala
A (normally) complete range.
skandal
An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
skandha
(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
skeç
A short comic performance done by amateurs.
skeleton
(sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.
skleroz
(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.
skop
Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
skrotum
(anatomy) The sac of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in most placental (boreoeutherian) mammals.
Slav
A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
slogan
(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
Slovak
Of, from, or pertaining to Slovakia, the Slovak people or the Slovak language.
Slovakça
Of, from, or pertaining to Slovakia, the Slovak people or the Slovak language.
Slovakya
A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slovak Republic. Capital and largest city: Bratislava.
Slovakyalı
(countable) A person from Slovakia or of Slovak descent.
Slovenya
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.
slup
(nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
smaç
The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.
smaç basmak
(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
smiley
A simplified representation of a smiling face.
SMS
(countable) A text message sent using the short message service.
snap
(social media) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
şnitzel
(by extension) A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet.
Snoopy
Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.
snop
(informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]
soba
(dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.
Sodom
(biblical, Quranic) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, but not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.
sodyum
The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.
sofa
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
sofistike
Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.
şoför
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
sofra
(usually, with the) The table at dinnertime conceived as a place; it often is the same table at which all meals are served, being at dinnertime the dinner table, at lunchtime the lunch table, and at breakfast time the breakfast table; it is usually either the kitchen table or the dining room table.
sofra duası
(countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
sofra kurmak
(transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
sofra takımı
A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
sofu
Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
sofuluk
(uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.
Sofya
The capital city of Bulgaria.
sögen
(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
soğuk
Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
soğuk ısırması
An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.
soğuk ter dökmek
(intransitive, informal) To worry.
soğukkanlı
(figuratively) Lacking emotion or compunction.
soğukkanlılık
Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
soğukluk
Moderate chilliness.
şogun
The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
soğurmak
(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]
söğüşlemek
To swindle, deceive, or trick.
söğüt
The wood of these trees.
soğutmak
(intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
soğutucu
A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.
sohbet
(countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.
sohbet etmek
(formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
şöhret
The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.
şok
Surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback, particularly when also indignant.
sokağa çıkma kısıtlaması
The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
sokağa çıkma yasağı
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
sokak
A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
sokak lambası
(countable) Any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.
sokan
(archaic, or, loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
şoke etmek
(transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
sokma
A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
sokmak
(transitive) To put in between or into.
Sokrates
A en given name of mostly historical use, known after a Greek philosopher.
sökü demiri
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
sokur
Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
sol
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
solcu
(politics, generally) A person who holds views associated with the political left.
soldurmak
(transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
şölen
A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
solgun
Without color; pale; pallid.
soliter
One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.
sollamak
To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
solmak
(intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.
solo test
Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US and Canada.
solucan otu
A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.
soluk
Without color; pale; pallid.
soluk borusu
(anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.
solumak
(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
solungaç
(zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
solunum cihazı
(medicine) A machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently.
solunumsal
(relational) Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.
solüsyon
(physical chemistry) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
som
A meal or dish made from this fish.
Somali
A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.
Somalice
(chiefly, countable, collective) An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.
Somalili
(countable, collective) A citizen or resident from the country of Somalia. The term Somalian is sometimes used as an alternative to Somali to emphasize civic affiliations to the Republic of Somalia and de-emphasize ethnic affiliations. Using the term Somalian may be offensive to some Somalis as it is deemed nonstandard. Some Somali ethnonationalists do not consider all citizens of Somalia to be Somali. Some Somali separatists prefer terms such as Somalian or Somalilander in civic contexts over the ethnolinguistic connoted term Somali.
sombrero
A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
sömestir
Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
sömestr ortası
Halfway through a term, or roughly so.

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