die

(text messaging) Alternative spelling of diye


dar

From Ottoman Turkish طار, دار (dar, “narrow; difficult; with difficulty”), from Proto-Turkic *tār, *t(i)ār (“narrow”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tar).


en

From Ottoman Turkish اڭ (eŋ), from Common Turkic *eŋ. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰭 (ŋ /eŋ/), Azerbaijani ən, Kyrgyz эң (eŋ), Tuvan эң (eñ), Uzbek eng.

büyük, en büyük

en küçük

en acayip

the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of any or most adjectives)


ilk

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish الك (ilk, “first, firstly, in the first place”), from Proto-Turkic *il(i)k (“first”). Cognate of Old Turkic 𐰃𐰠𐰚 (ilk, “first”), Karakhanid اِلْكْ (ilk, “first, firstly”), and Bashkir элек (elek, “before, earlier, ago”).


er

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایر, ار, from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r (“early”). Related to Old Turkic 𐰼 (er).


bir

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بر (bir, “one”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بر (bir, “one”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼 (b²ir² /bir/).


salt

salt çoğunluk


hem

Borrowed from Persian هم (ham). Doublet of homo-.


jag

Borrowed from Albanian zharg, zhag (“slovenly, untidily”).


ta

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تا (tā), from Persian تا (tâ, “up to, until”).

Ta sahile kadar koştu.

Burada ta 1'den beri seni bekliyorum.

Sınavdan geçmek için ta gündoğumuna kadar ders çalıştı.

She studied till sunrise to pass the exam.

Used with postpositions like dek, değin, kadar, beri etc. to emphasize the beginning or the end of a thing with regards to time or distance.


ne

From Ottoman Turkish نه (ne, “what, whatever, how”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ne, “what”), from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”).
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰤𐰀 (n²a /ne/, “what, which”), Karakhanid نا (ne), Old Uyghur [script needed] (ne), Azerbaijani nə, Salar neñ, Bashkir ни (ni), Chuvash мӗн (mĕn) (metathesis < *ne-me), Kazakh не (ne), Khakas ниме (nime), Kyrgyz не (ne), Tatar ни (ni), Turkmen nǟmä, Tuvan чүү (çüü), Uyghur نېمە (nëme), Uzbek nima.

inh

Ne güzel!

Ne güzel bir gün!

Ne osurdun be!

You farted such (that probably the whole world heard it).

Used as an intensifier to express surprise, astonishment, together with expressions like be!, ha!.


nice

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“interrogative archetype”).


bari

Borrowed from Persian باری from Persian بار.


gene

From Old Turkic *yana (“again”), from Proto-Turkic *yan- (“to return, turn back”).
Cognates:
Cognate with
Bashkir және (jəne, “йән”);
Kyrgyz жана (jana, “again”),
Uzbek yana (“again”),
Uyghur يەنە (yene, “again”),
Turkmen ýene (“again”),


pes

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پس (pes, “the hinder part, back of a thing, pursuit after a thing”), from Persian پس (pas, “back, hind; then, so, therefore”).

der

(obsolete) in summary, in short, in conclusion


az

From Ottoman Turkish آز (az, “little”), from Proto-Turkic *āŕ (“few, a little”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰕 (az /āz/, “few, little, a bit, a little”), Karakhanid اازْ (āz, “few, scanty”).


nite

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نته (nite, nete), نیته (nite, nete), from Old Anatolian Turkish نتا, نته, نیته, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *nē-teg. By surface analysis, ne + dek.

inh+

Karanlık ile aydınlık, bir hücreye nite sığar?

How could both lightness and darkness fit into a cell?


hep

hepten

completely; it has a wide spread usage- see cites-TDK - informal or dialectal


biner

From By surface analysis, bin (“one”) + -er (distributive suffix).


illa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish الا (illā), from Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā).

inh+

no matter what, in any case, under any circumstances


eş

From Ottoman Turkish اش (eş), from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄ĺ (“friend, companion, mate”). Cognate with Azerbaijani əş, Tuvan эш (eş, “friend”).


belki

From Ottoman Turkish بلكه (belki), from Persian بلکه (balke).


henüz

From Ottoman Turkish هنوز (henüz), from Persian هنوز (hanuz).

Leyla henüz gitti.

Henüz hazır değilim.


dün

From Ottoman Turkish دون (dün), from Proto-Turkic *tǖn. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (tün, “night, dark night”), Azerbaijani dünən (“yesterday”), etc.

cog

dün gece

dün akşam


aç

From Ottoman Turkish آج (ac, “hungry”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ac, “hungry”), from Proto-Turkic *āç, *ạ̄č (“hunger”).
cognates
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (ač /aç/, “hungry”), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽽 (aç, “hungry”), Karakhanid [script needed] (āç, “hungry”), Azerbaijani ac (“hungry”), Bashkir ас (as, “hungry”), Chuvash выҫӑ (vyś̬ă, “hunger, hungry”), Kazakh аш (aş, “hunger”), Khakas ас (as, “hunger, hungry”), Kipchak [script needed] (aç, “hungry”), Kyrgyz ач (ac, “hungry”), Southern Altai ач (ač, “hunger”), Turkmen āç (“hungry”), Tuvan аш (aş, “hunger, hungry”), Uyghur ئاچ (ach, “hungry”), Uzbek och (“hungry”), Yakut аас (aas, “hunger”).


uz

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوز, from Proto-Turkic *uŕa-. Akin to uzak.


amma

From Ottoman Turkish اما (amma) from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).


önce

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوڭجه (öñce), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *öŋ (“front”).


iken

From Ottoman Turkish ایكن (iken). Likely related to *imek.

19 yaşımda iken

-ken

suffix form if the final letter of the word is a consonant

-yken

suffix form if the final letter of the word is a vowel


malum

From Ottoman Turkish معلوم (ma'lum), from Arabic مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm).


sabah

From Ottoman Turkish صباح, from Arabic صَبَاح (ṣabāḥ).


boş

From Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş), from Proto-Turkic *boĺ (“empty”).

boş yakalanmak


sek

Sek içmek.

To drink (alcohol) without adulterating it.


demek

From Ottoman Turkish دیمك (demek, “to say”), from Proto-Turkic *tē- (“to say, call”).

Demek bizimle geliyorsun.


evvel

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اول, from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).


çabuk

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چابوق (çabuk, çabık), چابق (çabuk, çabık), چاپق (çapuk, çapık), چاپوق (çapuk, çapık). Cognate with or derived from Persian چابک (čâbok), if not from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to run, trot”). Nişanyan suggests a Turkic origin for the Persian, but existence of older Iranian forms makes that doubtful. The word may have entered Turkic before the first written records of the language family. The alternative Ottoman pronunciation چابك (çabük), چاپك (çapük), چاپوك (çapük) is probably a reborrowing from Persian.


burda

Reduced form of burada, the singular locative of bura.

(proscribed) Synonym of burada (“here”).


kadar

From Ottoman Turkish قدر, from Old Anatolian Turkish قدر, from Arabic قَدْر (qadr).

Rüzgar evi kökünden sökecek kadar güçlü esiyordu.

The wind was blowing so strong as to rip the house from the root.

In equal degree or amount; as much as, so much as.


beri

beri (nominative singular)
beriler (nominative plural)
beriyi (accusative definite singular)
berileri (accusative definite plural)
beriye (dative singular)
berilere (dative plural)
beride (locative singular)
berilerde (locative plural)
beriden (ablative singular)
berilerden (ablative plural)
berinin (genitive singular)
berilerin (genitive plural)

From Ottoman Turkish بری (beri, berü). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (b²ir²gr²ü /bérgerü, birigerü/, “since, towards here, southward”). Compare ileri (“forward”), geri (“backward”), dışarı (“outside”).
Cognate to Gagauz beeri, Turkmen beri.


seri

From Ottoman Turkish سریع (seri'), from Arabic سَرِيع (sarīʕ).


dahi

From Ottoman Turkish دخی (dahı, dahi), from Old Anatolian Turkish داخی (daχï), from Proto-Turkic *t(i)akï.


gece

From Ottoman Turkish كیجه, گیجه (gece, “night, evening”), from Old Anatolian Turkish كیجه (gejä, “night”), from Proto-Turkic *kēče (“night, evening”). Cognate to geç (“late”) and gecikmek (“to be late”). Compare Turkic cognates such as Old Turkic 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀 (kéče, “evening, late in the evening”), Karakhanid [script needed] (kéčē, “night, at night”), Turkmen gije (“night”), Yakut киэһэ (kiehe, “evening”), and Hungarian késik (“to be late”) a Turkic borrowing from the same root. Unrelated to geç- (“to pass”) which has a short /e/.


sert

From Ottoman Turkish سرت, from Persian سرد (sard, “cool; unkind”).

Ben de ona bile bile sert çıkıştım.

And I scolded him/her heartbreakingly, on purpose.


hele

From Persian هله (hala, “pay attention!”).

Hayvanları seviyorum, hele iki kedileri.

I like the animals, especially the two cats.

Hele hayır de!

(when modifying a verb in the imperative mood) just

Hele on bin lira değerdir.

Can, hele ehliyet sınavını geçmiş.


acaba

/ˈɑ.d͡ʒɑ.bɑː/

From Ottoman Turkish عجبا (ʿacaba), from Arabic عَجَبًا (ʕajaban), adverbial accusative of عَجَب (ʕajab, “astonishment, wonder, amazement”).

Bana ne hediye aldı acaba? (curiosity)

I wonder what did he/she buy me as a present?

Bu sınavı acaba geçebilir miyim? (doubt)

I wonder if I could pass this exam?/Could I pass this exam?

Acaba hangi ayakkabıyı alsam? (indecision)

Acaba şu çantaya da bakabilir miyim? (courtesy)

Could I see that bag, too, by any chance?

Used to add a meaning of curiosity, indecision or doubt, and sometimes courtesy. Roughly equivalent to “I wonder (if/whether)”, “Would you please...”, “May I...”, "by any chance".


bazen

From Ottoman Turkish بعضا, from Arabic بَعْضًا (baʕḍan).


peki

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پكی (peki). Contraction of pekiyi, from pek (“very”) + iyi (“good”).


safi

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صافی (ṣāfi, “clear, limpid, free from turbidity, pure, free from admixture, alloy or adulteration, mere, uncontaminated, (of heart) sincere”), from Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī).

der

Arabic صَافِي (ṣāfī)


hani

From Ottoman Turkish قانی (kanı, “where [interrogative] or you know [interjection]”) or Ottoman Turkish هانی (hanı, “where [interrogative]”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (qanï), from Proto-Turkic *kanï (“where”), a derivation from the interrogative stem *ka-.
Cognate with Azerbaijani hanı (“where”), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰣𐰃 (qanï, “where”), Karakhanid قَنٖى (qanï̄, “where”).

inh

where 􂀿interrogative􂁀 or you know 􂀿interjection􂁀

Hani benim gömleğim?

hani dedin benden başka kimseyi sevmediğini?

didn't you say you didn't love anyone but me?

hani ödevini yapacaktın?

(interrogative) used when the speaker perceives an action as incomplete that the listener was supposed to perform


hatta

From Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā, “until, as far as, to the point of, even up to; in order to, so that; even”).

der

moreover, additionally, furthermore, what is more, even


rahat

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish راحت (rahat), ultimately from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

inh+

Tek oturuşta rahat 5 tane hamburger yiyebilirim.


geri

From Ottoman Turkish گری (geri, “back”), from گرو (gerü, “back”), from Common Turkic *kerü (“back”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃𐰼𐰇 (kérü, “back, west”).


güç

From Ottoman Turkish گوچ (güç), from Old Anatolian Turkish کوج (güç, güc), from Common Turkic *kǖč (“strength”). Cognate with Kazakh күш (küş), Kyrgyz күч (küc), etc.


gerçek

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كرچك (gerçek, “true, actual, real”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (girçek, “true”), [script needed] (girtü, “truth”), from Proto-Turkic *kẹr-tü (“true, truth”). Compare also Mongolian гэрээ (geree, “agreement”), гэрч (gerč, “witness”).
cognates
Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (kertü, “truth, oath”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (kertü, “truth”), [script needed] (kertgün-, “to believe”), Azerbaijani gerçək (“true”), Khakas киртінерге (kirtìnerge, “to believe”), Turkmen gerçek (“brave, courageous”), Yakut кырдьык (kırjık, “true, veritable, exact”).


adım adım

Reduplication of adım (“step”), inherited from Ottoman Turkish آدیم (adım).


sadece

From Ottoman Turkish سادهجه (sadece), from Persian ساده (sâde, “simple, plain”). Can be analyzed as sade + -ce.


yalnız

[jɑɫ̟ˈn̟ɯz̟]

[jɑn̟ˈɫ̟ɯz̟]

[jɑn̟ˈn̟ɯz̟]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یالڭز (yalñız), from Proto-Turkic *yalïŋ (“lonely”). Compare Old Turkic 𐰖𐰞𐰭𐰆𐰽 (yalŋus).

Beni yalnız bırak!

Eve yalnız yürüdü.

Yalnız seni düşündüm.


çok

→ Swedish: cok

From Ottoman Turkish چوق (çok), from Proto-Turkic *čok.


alenen

From Ottoman Turkish علناً, from Arabic عَلَنًا (ʕalanan), adverbial accusative of عَلَن (ʕalan).


değil

From Ottoman Turkish دگل (değil), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tegül (“is not”).
Cognate with
Old Turkic [script needed] (tügül, “is not; not only”) (in Kul Tigin inscription);
Karakhanid [script needed] (tegül, “is not”);
Kazakh түгiл (tügil),
Kyrgyz түгүл (tügül),
Karachay-Balkar тюл (tül),
Azerbaijani deyil,
Bashkir түгел (tügel),
Uzbek tugul.

cog

Mutlu olabilirsin, ama ben değilim.

Evli değil misiniz?


böylece

From Ottoman Turkish بویلهجه (böylece), equivalent to böyle + -ce.

in this way, thus, thence, so, like this, in this manner


daha

From Ottoman Turkish دها (daha), from Old Anatolian Turkish داخى (daχï), from Proto-Turkic *t(i)akï (“additionally, plus; again, once more”). Doublet of dahi.
Cognate with Azerbaijani daha, Kazakh тағы (tağy), Kyrgyz дагы (dagı), Uzbek tag‘in.

der

küçük, daha küçük

güzel, daha güzel

forms the comparative of the following adjective


sonra

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صڭره (soñra), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *soŋ (“end”).


iyi

From Ottoman Turkish ایو (eyü, “good, well”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (eygü, “good”), from Proto-Turkic *ed-gü (“good, excellent”), derived from Proto-Turkic *ed (“thing, goods”). Compare Karakhanid [script needed] (eδ, “refined, useful thing”) and Mongolian эд (ed, “thing, object, item, property”), a Turkic borrowing.


bedava

From Ottoman Turkish بداوا (bedava), from Persian باد آورد (bâd-âvard), from باد (bâd, “wind”) and آورد (âvard, “borne”).


biraz

From Ottoman Turkish برآز, analyzable as bir (“one”) + az (“less”).


yine

Ladino: yene

From Ottoman Turkish ینه (yine), from Proto-Turkic *yan-. Cognate with Kazakh және (jäne), Uzbek yana.


nasıl

nasılım (first-person predicative present singular)
nasıllarım (first-person predicative present singular)
nasılsın (predicative present second-person singular)
nasıllarsın (predicative present second-person singular)
nasıl (predicative present singular third-person)
nasıldır (predicative present singular third-person)
nasıllar (predicative present singular third-person)
nasıllardır (predicative present singular third-person)
nasılız (first-person plural predicative present)
nasıllarız (first-person plural predicative present)
nasılsınız (plural predicative present second-person)
nasıllarsınız (plural predicative present second-person)
nasıllar (plural predicative present third-person)
nasıllardır (plural predicative present third-person)
nasıldım (first-person past predicative singular)
nasıllardım (first-person past predicative singular)
nasıldın (past predicative second-person singular)
nasıllardın (past predicative second-person singular)
nasıldı (past predicative singular third-person)
nasıllardı (past predicative singular third-person)
nasıldık (first-person past plural predicative)
nasıllardık (first-person past plural predicative)
nasıldınız (past plural predicative second-person)
nasıllardınız (past plural predicative second-person)
nasıldılar (past plural predicative third-person)
nasıllardı (past plural predicative third-person)
nasılmışım (first-person past predicative singular)
nasıllarmışım (first-person past predicative singular)
nasılmışsın (past predicative second-person singular)
nasıllarmışsın (past predicative second-person singular)
nasılmış (past predicative singular third-person)
nasıllarmış (past predicative singular third-person)
nasılmışız (first-person past plural predicative)
nasıllarmışız (first-person past plural predicative)
nasılmışsınız (past plural predicative second-person)
nasıllarmışsınız (past plural predicative second-person)
nasılmışlar (past plural predicative third-person)
nasıllarmış (past plural predicative third-person)

→ Crimean Tatar: nasıl

From Ottoman Turkish نصل, ناصل (nasıl), analyzable as ne + asıl. Maybe related to Turkmen nähili (“how”).

Nasılsınız?


lütfen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لطفاً (lutfen, “as a favor, as a kindness”), from Arabic لُطْفًا (luṭfan), adverbial accusative of لُطْف (luṭf, “kindness, friendliness”).

inh+

Lütfen, lütfen, cam bardak olsun lütfen
 Alın üstümden lütfen, sen püflesen ben küsmem, ya

2021 July 9, cakal (lyrics and music), “Lütfen”:


baya

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


zaten

From Ottoman Turkish ذاتاً (zaten, “personally; essentially”), adverbial accusative of ذَات (ḏāt). Formally, the Arabic accusative of zat.


kasten

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قصداً (kasdan, kasten), from Arabic قَصْدًا (qaṣdan).

inh+

intentionally, deliberately, knowingly, on purpose


erken

From Ottoman Turkish اركن, ایركن, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *erken, which is a derivation of Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be”).

Yaz erken geldi.


nerede

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نرده (nerde, “where, in what place”) (alternatively نرهده (nerede)), locative of Ottoman Turkish نره (nere, “what place, what part”), from نه (ne, “what”) + ارا (ara, “space or place between two things”), equivalent to ne + ara, from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). Cognate with Turkmen nirede.

compound

Ankara Üniversitesi nerede?


balık kavağa çıkınca

Morphologically balık (“fish”) + kavak (“poplar”) + -a (dative suffix) + çık- (“to exit, to get up on, to climb”) + -ınca (adverbial suffix), literally “when the fish climbs a poplar”.

af

when hell freezes over
when hell freezes over

(idiomatic, sarcastic) when pigs fly, when hell freezes over


güle güle

Reduplication of güle, from gül- (“to smile, to laugh”) + -e (adverbial suffix), literally “while laughing/smiling”.

gülmek<alt:gül-><gloss:to smile, to laugh>

hoşça kal

stay happily; Used only by the person departing.

yolun açık olsun

may your road be open; Used towards a person departing.

Yeni bir şey alanlara; "güle güle kullanın, ... güle güle oturun." gibi dileklerde bulunulur.

2019 April, Ekrem ÖZBAY, Oğuz Türkmen Boylarından Varsaklar, Hiperlink Yayınları, →ISBN, page 95:

Well-wishes are made to those who buy something new like "use happily, reside in happily."

(by extension, used in well-wishes) in happiness, with merriment, happily

(by extension, used when departing or to someone departing) goodbye, farewell


ruhen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish روحاً (ruhen), from Arabic رُوحًا (rūḥan) adverbial accusative of رُوح (rūḥ, “spirit, soul”).


muhtemelen

From Ottoman Turkish محتملاً (muhtemelen), from Arabic مُحْتَمَلًا (muḥtamalan), by surface analysis, muhtemel (“probable”) + -en.


neden

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ندن (neden), equivalent to
ne (“what”) + -den (ablative suffix); literally "from what".


sessiz

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سسسز (sessiz). By surface analysis, ses (“sound”) + -siz.

surf

Sessiz oynayın.


soğuk

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صوغوق (soğuk, “cold”), from Proto-Turkic *sogïk. By surface analysis, soğu- + -k.

inh+

In a disinterested or unpleasant manner, or in a way to show displeasure.


açık

From Ottoman Turkish آچق (açıḳ) or آچیق (açıḳ), from Proto-Turkic *ačuk (“open”), from Proto-Turkic *ač- (“to open”), morphologically aç- + -ık.
Cognates
Azerbaijani açıq
Bashkir асыҡ (asıq)
Chuvash уҫӑ (uś̬ă)
Crimean Tatar ачыкъ, açıq
Gagauz açık
Karachay-Balkar ачых (açıx)
Karaim ачых
Karakhanid اَچُقْ (açuq)
Kazakh ашық (aşyq)
Khalaj هاچو, haçuq
Krymchak ачых
Kumyk ачыкъ (açıq)
Kyrgyz ачык (acık)
Nogai ашык (aşık)
Southern Altai ачык (ačïk)
Tatar ачык (açıq)
Turkmen açyk
Tuvan ажык (ajık)
Uyghur ئوچۇق (ochuq)
Uzbek ochiq

col

Azerbaijani <i class="Latn mention" lang="az">açıq</i>

Bashkir <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ba">асыҡ</i> (asıq)

Karakhanid <i class="Arab mention" lang="xqa">اَچُقْ</i> (açuq)

Kazakh <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="kk">ашық</i> (aşyq)

Kumyk <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="kum">ачыкъ</i> (açıq)

Kyrgyz <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ky">ачык</i> (acık)

Turkmen <i class="Latn mention" lang="tk">açyk</i>

Uzbek <i class="Latn mention" lang="uz">ochiq</i>

Tatar <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="tt">ачык</i> (açıq)

Uyghur <i class="Arab ug-Arab mention" lang="ug">ئوچۇق</i> (ochuq)

Gagauz <i class="Latn mention" lang="gag">açık</i>

Southern Altai <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="alt">ачык</i> (ačïk)

Nogai <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="nog">ашык</i> (aşık)

Chuvash <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="cv">уҫӑ</i> (uś̬ă)

Tuvan <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="tyv">ажык</i> (ajık)

Karaim <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="kdr">ачых</i>

Krymchak <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="jct">ачых</i>

Karachay-Balkar <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="krc">ачых</i> (açıx)


yarın

From Ottoman Turkish یارین (yarın, “tomorrow, the morrow”), from Old Anatolian Turkish یارین (yarın, “tomorrow”), from Proto-Turkic *yạrïn (“morning, tomorrow”). For semantic correlation, compare English morrow (“morning, the next or following day”), Spanish mañana (“morning, the near future, tomorrow”).

cog

Yarın okula gideceğim.


pek

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پك (bek, pek), from Proto-Turkic *bek (“firm, solid, stable”).
Cognate with
Old Uyghur [script needed] (bek, “firm, solid; very”);
Bashkir бик (bik, “very”),
Kazakh бек (bek, “very, firm”),
Uyghur بەك (bek, “very”), etc.

cog

Pek zorlu yollardan geçtiler.

Bu nesne taştan pektir.


geç

From Ottoman Turkish كج (gec), from Proto-Turkic *gēč. Related to gece (“night”) and gecikmek (“to be late”), but not geçmek (“to pass”).

Geç evlenmiş ve çocukları da geç olmuş.

He had married late and his children too had come late.


kendi

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كندی (kendi, “one's self”), from older كندو (kendü), from Old Anatolian Turkish كندو (gändü), from Proto-Turkic *kẹntü (“self, himself”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰦𐰇 (kentü, “self, own”), Karakhanid كَنْدُو (kendü, “self, own”), Yakut кини (kini).


sonunda

Third person singular single-possession locative of son (“last; end”).

sonunda köpeğimi yıkadım


baştan

Hikâyeyi baştan anlattım.


sözde

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سوزده (sözde), from سوز (söz), equivalent to söz + -de (locative suffix).


dünyada

From dünya (“world, the Earth”) + -da (locative suffix), literally “in/at/on the world”.

af

in no way, shape, or form
in no way, shape, or form

(figuratively, in negative sentences) never, no way, in no way, shape, or form


yalandan

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یالاندن (yalandan), from یالان (yalan), equivalent to yalan (“lie, untruth”) + -dan (ablative suffix), literally “from (the) lie”.

af

falsely, artificially, in a pretend and theatrical way

only for show, without proper care, cursorily


niçin

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نیچون (niçin), from Old Anatolian Turkish نیچون (näyçün, niçün), a contraction of نه ایچون (nä içün). By surface analysis, ne (“what”) + için (“for”). Cognate with Azerbaijani neyçün.


bugün

From bu (“this”) + gün (“day”). Alternatively, from Proto-Turkic *bügün, which has the same meaning.


mesela

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مثلا (mesela), derived from Arabic مَثَلاً (maṯalan, “for example”), adverbial accusative of مَثَل (maṯal, “example”), with loss of the nunation, resulting in mesela instead of expected *meselen, with pronunciation of final /aː/ instead of /en/ (compare Turkish evvela, for Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan), or mutlaka, for Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan)). By surface analysis, mesel (“example”) + -an (adverbial suffix).


gündüz

From Ottoman Turkish كوندوز, گوندوز (gündüz), from Old Anatolian Turkish کندز (gündüz), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *küntüŕ (“at day, at daytime”).
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰦𐰇𐰔 (kündüz, “by day”), Crimean Tatar kündüz, Kazakh күндіз (kündız), Kyrgyz күндүз (kündüz), Uzbek kunduz, Bashkir көндөҙ (köndöź), Turkmen gündiz (“by day”),
Khakas кӱндес (kündes, “by day; at daytime, during one day”),
Yakut күнүс (künüs, “by day”),
Chuvash кӑнтӑр (kănt̬ăr, “noon”),
etc.


böyle

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بویله (böyle), from earlier bunlayu, Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆 (b¹u /bu/, “this”) + 𐰞𐰖𐰆 (l¹y¹u /-lAyU/) (similative suffix). Compare öyle (“like that”), şöyle (“like that”). Cognate with Azerbaijani belə, (archaic) böylə.

inh+

Mektuplarımı hep böyle yazarım.

I always write my letters like this/in this way.

Böyle bir sevmek daha önce görülmedi.

There has never been seen a love as great as this.

Bu geç saatte nereye gidiyorsun böyle?

When added to sentences which contain Wh-Questions, it means surprisement or disfavour


asla

From Ottoman Turkish اصلا, from Arabic أَصْلًا (ʔaṣlan). Doublet of aslen.

Bunu yaparsan seni asla affetmem.


bıldır

From Ottoman Turkish بلدیر, from Old Anatolian Turkish بولدر (buldur), from Proto-Turkic *bïldur (“past time, last year”).


baygın

From Ottoman Turkish بایغن, morphologically bay- + -gın.


amaçsızca

[ɑ.mɑt͡ʃ.sɯʐ.d͡ʒɑ]


haçan

From Ottoman Turkish هاچان (haçan), from older قاچان (kaçan), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (qaçan).

haçan gidip geldin

[it's amazing] how quickly you went [there] and came [back]

(used interjectionally) how quickly, so quickly, what a short time


yaşında

yaş + -ı + -n- + -da, literally “at his/her age”.

af

Yirmi yaşındayım.

I am twenty years old. (literally, “I am at his/her twenty age.”)


sağ salim

safely, safe and sound, soundly, without any accidents


delice

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دلیجه (delice), from دلی (deli) or دلو (delu), equivalent to deli (“crazy, mad, insane”) + -ce.


alarga

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلارغه (alarga), from Italian al largo.


ileri

From Ottoman Turkish ایلرو (ileru), ایلری (ileri). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰠𐰇 (il²gl²ü /ilgerü/, “forward”). Compare geri (“backward”), beri (“since”), dışarı (“outside”).


nece

From ne (“what”) + -ce (suffix forming glossonyms).


şimdi

From Ottoman Turkish شمدی (şimdi), from earlier شو امدی (şu imdi), from Old Anatolian Turkish امدی (emdi, imdi), from Proto-Turkic *em- (“now”). Cognate with Turkmen şindi (“now”), Azerbaijani indi, Southern Altai эмди (emdi), Tatar инде (inde, “now”), Tuvan ам (am, “now”).


üzerine

kedim klavyenin üzerine atladı


üstüne

kedim klavyenin üstüne atladı


diye

desc

դիյա̈<lb:վն>

դեյի<lb:հմշ>

→ Armenian: (Constantinople) տիյի (tiyi), (Van) դիյա̈ (diyä), (Hamshen) դեյի (deyi)

"Zafer" diye biri.

hiç "peskütan" diye bir peynir türü duymuş muydun? - have you ever heard of a kind of cheese called "peskütan"?

someone who is named ..., something which is called ...

okula gitmesin diye dolaba saklandı!

he/she hid in the closet in order not to go to the school!

tüm soruları "bilmiyorum" diye cevapladın.

you answered all the questions as "I don't know"


üzerinde

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوزرنده (üzerinde).

inh+

Kitabım masanın üzerindeydi.

Tüm gece projem üzerinde çalıştım.


üstünde

üst + -ü (possessive 3SG) + -n- + -de (locative)

af

Kitabım masanın üstündeydi.

Tüm gece projem üstünde çalıştım.

1938 March 30, caption below photographs of devastated Nanking (Nanjing), China

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Iki muharebe geçiren ve artık taş üştünde taşı kalmadığı anlaşılan Çinlilerin eski merkezi Nankin ve bu şehirdeki kulelerden biri


beraber

/bɛ.ɾɑː.bæɾ̝̊/


fazla

From Ottoman Turkish فضله (fazla), from Arabic فَضْلَة (faḍla), from فَضَلَ (faḍala, “be left over, to excess”).

Koşmak için fazla yaşlıyım.


öyle

From Ottoman Turkish اویله (öyle), ایله (eyle), from Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (ayla) metathesis from Proto-Turkic *anlayu. Compare Old Turkic 𐰣𐰞𐰖𐰆 (anlayu), from 𐰣 (an-, “she, he, it, that”) + 𐰞𐰖𐰆 (-layu) (similative suffix). Compare Turkish o (“she, he, it, that”), from a merger of earlier an and ol. Compare böyle (“like this”), şöyle (“like that”).
Cognate with Azerbaijani elə, Turkmen eýle, etc.

Bize öyle öğrettiler.

Öyle sarhoş olsam ki bir daha uyanmasam.

I wish I would be so drunk that I won't wake up again.


artık

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرتق (artık), from Proto-Turkic *artuk, a derivation of *art- (“to increase”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐱃𐰸 (r¹t¹q̊¹ /artuq/, “more, much”). Cognate with Azerbaijani artıq, Kazakh артық (artyq), Uzbek ortiq.

cog

artık daha mutlu olacağım

artık seni sevmiyorum

artık evlilikten korkuyorum


hemen

From Ottoman Turkish همان (hemen), from Persian همان (hamân, “simultaneously”).


ancak

→ Northern Kurdish: ancax

From Ottoman Turkish آنجق (ancak) from Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (ančak, “exactly like that”) from earlier Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (anča ok, “exactly like that”) emphatic form of Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (anča, “like that”) equative form of Proto-Turkic *ol (“he/she/it/that”).
Also see o and anca.

inh

Ancak senin için yapardım.


candan

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جاندن (candan, “cordially; cordial”), from جان (can), equivalent to can (“life, soul, heart”) + -dan (ablative suffix), literally “from the soul, or the heart”.


resen

From Ottoman Turkish رأساً (re'sen), from Arabic رَأْسًا (raʔsan), adverbial accusative of رَأْس (raʔs).


demin

From Ottoman Turkish دمین (demin), from Proto-Turkic *tēmin (“immediately”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (témin, timin, “just now”), etc.


dinen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیناً (dinen), from Arabic دِينًا (dīnan) adverbial accusative of دِين (dīn, “religion”).


maalesef

From Ottoman Turkish معالاسف (ma'alesef), from Arabic مَعَ الْأَسَف (maʕa al-ʔasaf, literally “with regret”); compare Persian معالاسف (ma'-al-asaf, “unfortunately”).

der

مَعَ الْأَسَف


sık

From Ottoman Turkish صیق, from Common Turkic *sïk.

tightly (leaving no or little space in between)


bengi

From Old Turkic 𐰋𐰭𐰏𐰇 (beŋgü, “eternal; monument”).
Cognate with Bashkir мәңге (məñge), Kyrgyz маңги (maŋgi), Uzbek mangu, Uyghur مەڭگۈ (menggü), Kazakh мәңгі (mäñgı), etc.


rağmen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Arabic رَغْمًا (raḡman).

Yağmura rağmen ziyarete gidecekler mi?

Will they visit [their relatives] despite the rain?


abartılı

/ɑ.bɑɾ.tɯˈɫɯ/

From abart- (“to exaggerate”) + -ı (deverbal nominal) + -lı.


canlı

From Ottoman Turkish جانلو (canlu, canlı), equivalent to can (“life, soul”) + -lı.


el ele

hand in hand (holding or clasping hands)


bida

(text messaging) Abbreviation of bir daha.


gayet

From Ottoman Turkish غایت (gayet, “end, limit, goal; very”), ultimately from Arabic غاية (ḡāya). Doublet of gaye.


günümüzde

A form of the noun gün (“day”) with the possessive suffix -ümüz and the locative suffix -de, literally meaning "in our day(s)".

Günümüzde boşanma çok ortak.


yakın

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاقین (yakın), from Proto-Turkic *yakïn, from Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to come near, approach”) + *-ïn (“noun forming suffix”).


acele

From Ottoman Turkish عجله (acele), from Arabic عَجَلَة (ʕajala).


nihayet

From Ottoman Turkish نهایت (nihayet), from Arabic نِهَايَة (nihāya).

Üç yıldır bekliyorum, nihayet evli olduğunu itiraf etti. Artık resmen metresiyim.

I have been waiting for three years, finally he confessed that he was married. I'm now officially his mistress.

(sequence) To finish (with); last, lastly, finally.


sapıkça

[sɑˈpɯkt͡ʃɑ]

pervertedly; in a perverted or corrupt manner.


çabucak

[ˈt͡ʃɑbud͡ʒɑk]


hızlıca

[hɯzˈɫɯd͡ʒɑ]


yavaşça

[jɑˈvɑʃt͡ʃɑ]


neyse

anyway; used to indicate a change of subject.


yeniden

From Ottoman Turkish یكیدن (yeñiden), from *yaŋï-dan /*yaŋa-dan (“again, anew”), originally ablative of Proto-Turkic *yaŋï /*yaŋa (“new”).
Cognate with Tatar яңадан (yañadan),
Bashkir яңынан (yañınan),
Kyrgyz жаңыдан (jaŋıdan),
Kumyk янгыдан (yañıdan),
Uzbek yangidan,
Kazakh жаңадан (jañadan), etc.


yer yer

Hava yer yer ve zaman zaman sağanak yağışlı olacak.

The weather will be showery from place to place and time to time.

(figurative) partly, from place to place, part by part


kötü kötü

In an angry, malicious manner; angrily, malevolently, maliciously.


tek tek

By duplication of tek, a common pattern for forming adverbs.

In a particular manner; individually, particularly.


acı acı

Ânîden telefon acı acı çalmaya başlayınca o kötü haberin geleceği içime doğmuştu.

As the phone rang caustically, I had the feeling that bad news was about to arrive.

In a bitter or caustical manner; bitterly, caustically.


tatlı tatlı

Ne acele ediyorsun? Tatlı tatlı konuşuyorduk.

Why are you in a hurry? We were talking sweetly.

In a delightful or sweet manner; delightfully, lightly, sweetly.


güzel güzel

Çocuklar, güzel güzel oynayın, gürültü yapmayın, e mi?

Children, play nicely and don't be noisy, OK?

In a calm or fine manner; calmly, finely, peacefully.


[je̞ˈd̪ɪ jiɾˈmɪ d̪ø̞ɾt̪]

Borrowed from English 24/7 whereas the pronunciation is a calque of English twenty-four seven.


birden

→ Armenian: բիրդան (birdan)


cebren

From Ottoman Turkish جبراً, from Arabic جَبْرًا (jabran), adverbial accusative of جَبْر (jabr). Formally, the Arabic accusative of cebir.


sizce

From Ottoman Turkish سزجه (sizce), equivalent to siz + -ce.


tamamen

From Ottoman Turkish تماماً (tamâmen), from Arabic تَمَامًا (tamāman), adverbial accusative of تَمَام (tamām). By surface analysis, tamam + -en (adverbial suffix).


kısmen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قسماً (kısmen), from Arabic قِسْمًا (qisman), adverbial accusative of قِسْم (qism).


galiba

From Ottoman Turkish غالبا (galiba), adverbial accusative of Arabic غَالِب (ḡālib). By surface analysis, galip + -en.


gide gide

Kitabı her yerde aramasını söyledim ama gide gide iki kitapçıya uğramış ve olmadığını söylemiş.

I told him/her/it to search for the book everywhere, but he only went to two bookstores and told that the book doesn't exist.


koşarak

Öğretmen Osman'ı çağrır çağırmaz koşarak geldi.

As soon as the teacher called Osman, he came running.


gele gele

Tamirci ustayı çağırdım ama gele gele o çocuk uğradı ve problemi anlamadı.

I asked for the serviceman master, but who only the child came, who couldn't understand the problem.


baka baka

Onun ustalığına güvenme, pek eğitimi yok; baka baka öğrenmiş.

Do not rely on him/her/it, he/she/it does not have much education; he/she/it learned [his/her/its job] by watching.


bile bile

Ne aptallık bu! İnsan bile bile kendini tehlikeye atar mı hiç?!

What a silly thing! Is it right that man knowingly throws himself into danger?!


koşa koşa

Öğretmek Osman'ı çağrır çağırmaz koşa koşa geldi.

When [a/the] teacher called Osman, he came running.


göre göre

Adamı naklen yayın sırasında göz göre göre vurdular.

They shot the man during the live telecast blatantly.


ara ara

Reduplication of ara (“interval, space or time between two things”).

rdp

Televizyon yayını ara ara kesildi.

The television broadcast was interrupted from time to time.


aka aka

Yardım eden olmayınca kanı aka aka bayıldı.

As there was nobody to help, [he/she/it] fainted [his/her/its] blood flowing.


ala ala

Araba almaktan çok bahsetti ama sonunda ala ala bu köhne arabayı satın aldı.

[He/She/It] told a lot about buying [a] car, but at last, [he/she/it] only bought this ramshackle car.


eserek

Mars'taki bazı aerodinamik şekiller rüzgâr eserek oluşmuş olabilir.

Some aerodynamic forms on Mars may have formed by blowing wind[s].


esmeye esmeye

Rüzgâr esmeye esmeye yelkenlinin yol almasını engelledi.

By not blowing, the wind hindered the cruise of the sailboat.


ese ese

Mars'taki bazı aerodinamik şekiller rüzgâr ese ese oluşmuş olabilir.


esmeyerek

Rüzgâr esmeyerek yelkenlinin yol almasını engelledi.


ekmeye ekmeye

O güzelim tarlayı ekmeye ekmeye yaban otlarının büyüdüğü bir araziye dönüştü.

By repeatedly not sowing that wonderful field, it turned to a terrain where weeds are growing.


eke eke

O taşlı tarlayı elleriyle eke eke en güzel gül bahçesine çevirdi.

By sowing that stony field over and over again by hand, [he/she/it] turned it into a rose garden.


alev alev

Ev alev alev yanarken düşmanları o cehennemden kaçmaya çalışanları vuruyordu.

As the house was aflame, [their] enemies were shooting those who tried to escape that inferno.


saplı

Ok hedefe saplı kaldı.


ata ata

Askerler el bombalarını ata ata makineli tüfekli sedde doğru saldırdılar.

The soldiers attacked the set with [the] machine gun by throwing hand grenades.

Adam palavracının biri, ata ata neredeyse destan yazacak.

[The] Man is a bouncer [who] nearly will write a saga by inventing.


kıllık

Kıllık yapma ya! Anlaştığımız gibi defteri ona sen götürürsün.

Don't be peevish! Bring the notebook to [him/her/it] as we agreed before.


hızlı hızlı

/hɯzɫɯ hɯzɫɯ/


yavaş yavaş

/jɑˈvɑʃ jɑˈvɑʃ/

From Ottoman Turkish یواش یواش (yavaş yavaş). By surface analysis, reduplication of yavaş (“slow”).


tezden

From tez (“quickly”) from Proto-Turkic *tēŕ-.

immediately, instantly or without delay.


cumhur cemaat

Synonym of cümbür cemaat ((with) the whole caboodle)


olarak

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولهرق, from the same root as olmak.


zinhar

From Ottoman Turkish زنهار (zinhar) from Persian زنهار (zenhâr).


defalarca

many times, again and again, time and again


her zaman

Compound of her (“every”) + zaman (“time”). Literally means "every time".

Bu ülkede her zaman Mustafa Kemâller olacaktır.
There always will be people like Mustafa Kemâl in this country.


kapasitede

Bu kapasitede başka bir doktoru bu kasabada bulmak kolay değil.

To find another doctor in this town with this capacity is not easy.


niye

ne + -(y)e. Cognate Kazakh неге (nege), Tatar ния (niyä) (dial.).


hâlâ

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حالا, from Arabic حَالًا (ḥālan), adverbial accusative of حَال (ḥāl). Doublet of hâlen and hâl. Compare Azerbaijani hələ (“still, yet”), Bashkir әле (əle, “still, yet”),
Kazakh әлі (älı, “still, yet”),
Kyrgyz али (ali, “still, as yet; just now”), and
Uzbek hali (“still, yet”).

cog

Ah, ne zormuş “Bitsin” demek / Hâlâ severken seni

2011, “Değmesin Ellerimiz [Don’t Let Our Hands Touch]”, in Diğer Masallar [Other Stories], performed by Model:

Ah, how hard it is to say “Let it end” / While still loving you


matematikle

From matematik + -le (from matematik + ile).


sırayla

From sıra (“line, turn, one's or a thing's time to do/be”) + -yla (instrumental suffix), equivalent to sıra + ile.

af

in turn, in order, in sequence, one by one


sırasıyla

From sıra (“line, turn, one's or a thing's time to do/be”) + -(s)ı (possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant) + -yla (instrumental suffix), equivalent to sırası + ile.


akrabayla

/ɑkɾɑˈbɑːjɫɑ/


ayrıca

From Ottoman Turkish آیریجه, آیروجه (ayrıca), of Turkic origin. Equivalent to ayrı + -ca.


asteroitle

From asteroit + -le (from asteroit + ile).


hafif

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خفیف (ḫafif, “light in weight or degree, foolish, undignified, immoral, quick, sharp”), from Arabic خَفِيف (ḵafīf).

inh+

Free from concern, in a laid-back mood, lively.


memnuniyetle

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ممنونیتله (memnuniyetle), equivalent to memnuniyet (“contentedness, gladness, pleasure”) + -le (instrumental suffix), equivalent to memnuniyet + ile.


ayrı

From Ottoman Turkish آیری (ayrı) or آیرو (ayru), from Proto-Turkic *adruk (“split, separate”), from *adïr- (“to separate”), morphologically ayır- + -ı (deverbal nominal suffix). Cognates with Azerbaijani ayrı, Bashkir айырым (ayırım), Crimean Tatar ayrı, Kazakh айырым (aiyrym), Kyrgyz айры (ayrı), Southern Altai айры (ayrï), Tatar аерым (ayerım), Turkmen aýry, Uyghur ئايرىم (ayrim), Uzbek ayrim.

-i<id:deverbal nominal><pos:deverbal nominal suffix>


imdi

From Ottoman Turkish امدی (imdi), from Proto-Turkic *em- (“now”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰢𐱃𐰃 (amtı, “now”), Azerbaijani indi (“now”), Tatar инде (inde, “now”), Uzbek endi (“now”), Tuvan ам (am, “now”), Chuvash ӗнтӗ (ĕnt̬ĕ, “now”).


neter

neterim (first-person predicative present singular)
neterlerim (first-person predicative present singular)
netersin (predicative present second-person singular)
neterlersin (predicative present second-person singular)
neter (predicative present singular third-person)
neterdir (predicative present singular third-person)
neterler (predicative present singular third-person)
neterlerdir (predicative present singular third-person)
neteriz (first-person plural predicative present)
neterleriz (first-person plural predicative present)
netersiniz (plural predicative present second-person)
neterlersiniz (plural predicative present second-person)
neterler (plural predicative present third-person)
neterlerdir (plural predicative present third-person)
neterdim (first-person past predicative singular)
neterlerdim (first-person past predicative singular)
neterdin (past predicative second-person singular)
neterlerdin (past predicative second-person singular)
neterdi (past predicative singular third-person)
neterlerdi (past predicative singular third-person)
neterdik (first-person past plural predicative)
neterlerdik (first-person past plural predicative)
neterdiniz (past plural predicative second-person)
neterlerdiniz (past plural predicative second-person)
neterdiler (past plural predicative third-person)
neterlerdi (past plural predicative third-person)
netermişim (first-person past predicative singular)
neterlermişim (first-person past predicative singular)
netermişsin (past predicative second-person singular)
neterlermişsin (past predicative second-person singular)
netermiş (past predicative singular third-person)
neterlermiş (past predicative singular third-person)
netermişiz (first-person past plural predicative)
neterlermişiz (first-person past plural predicative)
netermişsiniz (past plural predicative second-person)
neterlermişsiniz (past plural predicative second-person)
netermişler (past plural predicative third-person)
neterlermiş (past plural predicative third-person)

From a contraction of ne (what) + tavır (manner). Compare Azerbaijani nətər.

Netersiniz, kadasını aldıklarım?


birer

From Ottoman Turkish برر. By surface analysis, bir (“one”) + -er (distributive suffix).


üçer

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?]. By surface analysis, üç (“three”) + -er (distributive suffix).


dörder

From Ottoman Turkish دردر. By surface analysis, dört (“four”) + -er (distributive suffix).


onar

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?]. By surface analysis, on (“ten”) + -ar (distributive suffix).


altışar

From Ottoman Turkish آلتیشر (altışar). By surface analysis, altı (“six”) + -şar (distributive suffix).


sekizer

From Ottoman Turkish سكزر (sekizer). By surface analysis, sekiz (“eight”) + -er (distributive suffix).


dokuzar

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طقوزر (dokuzar). By surface analysis, dokuz (“nine”) + -ar (distributive suffix).


ikişer

From Ottoman Turkish ایكیشر (ikişer). By surface analysis, iki (“two”) + -şer (distributive suffix).


beşer

From Ottoman Turkish بشر (beşer). By surface analysis, beş (“five”) + -er (distributive suffix).


yedişer

From Ottoman Turkish یدیشر (yedişer). By surface analysis, yedi (“seven”) + -şer (distributive suffix).


burada

From Ottoman Turkish بررده (burda), بوراده (burada).
Formally bura + -da, which however is normally not used by itself.


sahi

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صحیح (ṣaḥîḥ), from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ, “complete, sound, correct, authentic”), from صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa, “to be healthy, to be correct”). Deviated semantically from sahih (“authentic, original”) in 1920s.


neredeyse

Neredeyse her gün kahve içerim.


genelde

Yeteri kadar bakarsam, genelde onları görürdüm.

If I look long enough, I can usually see them.


daima

From Ottoman Turkish دائما (daima), from Arabic دَائِمًا (dāʔiman), adverbial accusative of دَائِم (dāʔim). By surface analysis, daim + -en.


aslında

Literally, “in its truth” (the locative of aslı, the third-person singular possessive of asıl).


özellikle

→ Azerbaijani: özəlliklə

From özellik (“special circumstance”) + -le (“with”).


şöyle böyle

Sınavında şöyle böyle yapmış.


şöyle

From Ottoman Turkish شویله (şöyle). Analogous to böyle and öyle, but corresponding to the “distant” demonstrative pronoun şu (“that over there”).

Az sonra da şöyle demiş: “Ben savaştan geliyorum, sizi de bir ziyaret edeyim dedim.”

A bit later he spoke as follows: “I am coming from the war; I said let me pay you a visit.”

so; in such a way; like that (those) over there


dışarı

From Ottoman Turkish طیشاری (ṭışarı), from طیش (ṭış, “outside, exterior”). Equivalent to dış + -arı. Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (taš, “exterior”), from Proto-Turkic *daĺ- (“outer side”). Doublet of taşra. Cognate with Kyrgyz тышкары (tışkarı), Azerbaijani dışarı.


örtülü

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اورتیلو (örtülü) or اورتیلی (örtüli, “covered, veiled; roofed; shut, closed”), from اورتی (örtü), from Proto-Turkic *ört- (“to cover”), from *ör- (“to plait”), morphologically ört- + -ü (deverbal nominal suffix) + -lü.

af

-i<alt:-ü><id:deverbal nominal><pos:deverbal nominal suffix>

Without making an explanation, in a vague, unclear manner.


tabii

From Ottoman Turkish طبیعی (tabii), from Arabic طَبِيعِيّ (ṭabīʕiyy).


içeri

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایچری, ایچرو (içeri), a derivation of iç (“inner part, interior”). Cognate with Azerbaijani içəri, Kumyk ичгери (içgeri).


aşağı

From aşağa, the dative form of aşak, as in Old Turkic [script needed] (aşak, “bottom of mountain”), ultimately from the same etymon as aşmak: Proto-Turkic *āš- (“to cross (a mountain), to surpass”).


buradan

Formally the ablative of bura, which however is normally not used by itself.

Buradan oraya yürüyerek gidemezsin.

You wouldn’t be able to go from here to there by walking.


itibaren

From Ottoman Turkish اعتباراً, from Arabic اِعْتِبَارًا (iʕtibāran), adverbial accusative of اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār). By surface analysis, itibar (“consideration”) + -en.

اِعْتِبَارًا

surf

Bu akşamdan itibaren, hepimiz aynıyız.

From this evening on, we're all the same

Şu andan itibaren sadece resmi söylemi duyabileceksiniz.

From now on, you will only hear the official opinion.

Bugünden itibaren hepiniz mikrodalga bölümünün elemanlarısınız.

Starting today, you are all members of the microwave division.


şu andan itibaren

şu + an + -dan + itibaren, literally “from that moment on”


yayan

yayanım (first-person predicative present singular)
yayan mıyım? (first-person interrogative predicative present singular)
yayan değilim (first-person interrogative negative predicative present singular)
yayan değil miyim? (first-person interrogative negative predicative present singular)
yayansın (predicative present second-person singular)
yayan mısın? (interrogative predicative present second-person singular)
yayan değilsin (interrogative negative predicative present second-person singular)
yayan değil misin? (interrogative negative predicative present second-person singular)
yayan (predicative present singular third-person)
yayandır (predicative present singular third-person)
yayan mı? (interrogative predicative present singular third-person)
yayan değil (interrogative negative predicative present singular third-person)
yayan değil mi? (interrogative negative predicative present singular third-person)
yayanız (first-person plural predicative present)
yayan mıyız? (first-person interrogative plural predicative present)
yayan değiliz (first-person interrogative negative plural predicative present)
yayan değil miyiz? (first-person interrogative negative plural predicative present)
yayansınız (plural predicative present second-person)
yayan mısınız? (interrogative plural predicative present second-person)
yayan değilsiniz (interrogative negative plural predicative present second-person)
yayan değil misiniz? (interrogative negative plural predicative present second-person)
yayan (plural predicative present third-person)
yayanlar (plural predicative present third-person)
yayan mı? (interrogative plural predicative present third-person)
yayanlar mı? (interrogative plural predicative present third-person)
yayan değil (interrogative negative plural predicative present third-person)
yayan değiller (interrogative negative plural predicative present third-person)
yayan değiller mi? (interrogative negative plural predicative present third-person)
yayandım (first-person past predicative singular)
yayan mıydım? (first-person interrogative past predicative singular)
yayan değildim (first-person interrogative negative past predicative singular)
yayan değil miydim? (first-person interrogative negative past predicative singular)
yayandın (past predicative second-person singular)
yayan mıydın? (interrogative past predicative second-person singular)
yayan değildin (interrogative negative past predicative second-person singular)
yayan değil miydin? (interrogative negative past predicative second-person singular)
yayandı (past predicative singular third-person)
yayan mıydı? (interrogative past predicative singular third-person)
yayan değildi (interrogative negative past predicative singular third-person)
yayan değil miydi? (interrogative negative past predicative singular third-person)
yayandık (first-person past plural predicative)
yayan mıydık? (first-person interrogative past plural predicative)
yayan değildik (first-person interrogative negative past plural predicative)
yayan değil miydik? (first-person interrogative negative past plural predicative)
yayandınız (past plural predicative second-person)
yayan mıydınız? (interrogative past plural predicative second-person)
yayan değildiniz (interrogative negative past plural predicative second-person)
yayan değil miydiniz? (interrogative negative past plural predicative second-person)
yayandılar (past plural predicative third-person)
yayan mıydılar? (interrogative past plural predicative third-person)
yayan değildi (interrogative negative past plural predicative third-person)
yayan değildiler (interrogative negative past plural predicative third-person)
değillerdi (interrogative negative past plural predicative third-person)
yayan değil miydiler? (interrogative negative past plural predicative third-person)
yayanmışım (first-person past predicative singular)
yayan mıymışım? (first-person interrogative past predicative singular)
yayan değilmişim (first-person interrogative negative past predicative singular)
yayan değil miymişim? (first-person interrogative negative past predicative singular)
yayanmışsın (past predicative second-person singular)
yayan mıymışsın? (interrogative past predicative second-person singular)
yayan değilmişsin (interrogative negative past predicative second-person singular)
yayan değil miymişsin? (interrogative negative past predicative second-person singular)
yayanmış (past predicative singular third-person)
yayan mıymış? (interrogative past predicative singular third-person)
yayan değilmiş (interrogative negative past predicative singular third-person)
yayan değil miymiş? (interrogative negative past predicative singular third-person)
yayanmışız (first-person past plural predicative)
yayan mıymışız? (first-person interrogative past plural predicative)
yayan değilmişiz (first-person interrogative negative past plural predicative)
yayan değil miymişiz? (first-person interrogative negative past plural predicative)
yayanmışsınız (past plural predicative second-person)
yayan mıymışsınız? (interrogative past plural predicative second-person)
yayan değilmişsiniz (interrogative negative past plural predicative second-person)
yayan değil miymişsiniz? (interrogative negative past plural predicative second-person)
yayanmışlar (past plural predicative third-person)
yayan mıymışlar? (interrogative past plural predicative third-person)
yayan değilmiş (interrogative negative past plural predicative third-person)
yayan değilmişler (interrogative negative past plural predicative third-person)
değillermiş (interrogative negative past plural predicative third-person)
yayan değil miymişler? (interrogative negative past plural predicative third-person)
yayansam (conditional first-person predicative singular)
yayan mıysam? (conditional first-person interrogative predicative singular)
yayan değilsem (conditional first-person interrogative negative predicative singular)
yayan değil miysem? (conditional first-person interrogative negative predicative singular)
yayansan (conditional predicative second-person singular)
yayan mıysan? (conditional interrogative predicative second-person singular)
yayan değilsen (conditional interrogative negative predicative second-person singular)
yayan değil miysen? (conditional interrogative negative predicative second-person singular)
yayansa (conditional predicative singular third-person)
yayan mıysa? (conditional interrogative predicative singular third-person)
yayan değilse (conditional interrogative negative predicative singular third-person)
yayan değil miyse? (conditional interrogative negative predicative singular third-person)
yayansak (conditional first-person plural predicative)
yayan mıysak? (conditional first-person interrogative plural predicative)
yayan değilsek (conditional first-person interrogative negative plural predicative)
yayan değil miysek? (conditional first-person interrogative negative plural predicative)
yayansanız (conditional plural predicative second-person)
yayan mıysanız? (conditional interrogative plural predicative second-person)
yayan değilseniz (conditional interrogative negative plural predicative second-person)
yayan değil miyseniz? (conditional interrogative negative plural predicative second-person)
yayansalar (conditional plural predicative third-person)
yayan mıysalar? (conditional interrogative plural predicative third-person)
yayan değilseler (conditional interrogative negative plural predicative third-person)
değillerse (conditional interrogative negative plural predicative third-person)
yayan değil miyseler? (conditional interrogative negative plural predicative third-person)

From Ottoman Turkish یایان (yayan), from yaya (“pedestrian”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic.


sıfırdan

Matematik öğrenmeye sıfırdan başlamışım gibi çarpım tablosunu ezberliyorum.

I'm memorizing the multiplication table as if I started to learn maths from scratch.


baştan başa

Koronavirüsten dolayı ülkede baştan başa tedirginlik hâkim.

A tension is common throughout the country due to coronavirus.


baştan sona

Paragrafı baştan sona iki kez okudum.

I read the paragraph twice from beginning to end.

Bu kitabı baştan sona okudun mu?

Did you read this book from cover to cover?


öğlen

From öğle ("noon") + -n ("the clipping of the old-fashioned -leyin suffix").


geceleyin

From gece (“night”) + -leyin (“an old-fashioned suffix”).


sabahleyin

From sabah (“morning”) + -leyin (“an old-fashioned suffix”).


akşamleyin

From akşam (“evening”) + -leyin (“an old-fashioned suffix”).


öğleyin

From öğle (“noon”) + -leyin (“an old-fashioned suffix”).


ikindileyin

From ikindi (“midafternoon”) + -leyin (“an old-fashioned suffix”).


öğleden sonra

From öğleden (“from noon”) + sonra (“after”).


amirane

From Arabic آمِر (ʔāmir) and Persian ـانه (-âne).

lordly, self-assured, masterly, domineering


melul

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ملول (melul, “low-spirited, sad, vexed, disgusted”), from Arabic مَلُول (malūl), from مَلَّ (malla, “to be affected by vexation”).


gerçi

From Ottoman Turkish كرچه, from Persian گر (gar) + چه (če).


yakında

From yakın (“close, nearby”) + -da (“locative suffix”).


sağlıcakla

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صاغلیجاقله (ṣaġlıcaḳla), (alternatively صاغلیجاقلرله (ṣaġlıcaḳlarla)), from sağlıcak (“health”) + -la (instrumental suffix), literally “with health”, equivalent to sağlıcak + ile.

af

Sağlıcakla kalın!


yazın

From Proto-Turkic *yāŕ-ïn (“during summer”), from *yāŕ (“summer, spring”). Cognate with Yakut сааһын (saahın, “spring, during spring”).

cog

Yazın hava sıcak olur.


mutlaka

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مطلقا (mutlaka, “absolutely”), derived from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq, “absolute”), with loss of the nunation, resulting in mutlaka instead of expected *mutlakan, with pronunciation of final /aː/ instead of /an/ (compare Turkish mesela, for Arabic مَثَلاً (maṯalan), or evvela, for Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan)). By surface analysis, mutlak (“absolute”) + -an (adverbial suffix).


kaskatı

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاص قاتی (ḳaṣ ḳatı), intensive form of قاتی (ḳatı).


elbette

From Ottoman Turkish البته (elbette), from Arabic اَلْبَتَّة (al-batta).


bayağı

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بیاغی (bayağı), from Common Turkic *bayakı, from Proto-Turkic *baya (“previously mentioned, recent, former”) + *ok (“emphasis postposition”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bayağı, Kazakh баяғы (baäğy, “same, old”), Karakhanid بَیا اُقْ (bayā oq), Uyghur بايا (baya), Uzbek boya, boyagi.


toptan

From Ottoman Turkish طوپدن (topdan), by surface analysis, top + -tan, literally “in whole”.


sırf

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صرف (ṣırf, “pure, mere, sheer (said of that which is poor or bad)”), from Arabic صِرْف (ṣirf, “pure, absolute, mere, clear”), from صَرَفَ (ṣarafa, “to turn, to divert, to turn away, to avert”).


kesinlikle

by all means, certainly, definitely, exactly, absolutely


binaenaleyh

From Ottoman Turkish بناءً علیه (binaen aleyh), from Arabic بِنَاءً عَلَيْهِ (bināʔan ʕalayhi).

der

بِنَاءً عَلَيْهِ


gece gündüz

Bu otomobili alabilmek için gece gündüz çalıştım.

I've worked day and night to be able to buy this car.

day and night (all the time; round the clock; unceasingly)


ihtimal

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish احتمال (ihtimal), from Arabic اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl).


oldukça

From Ottoman Turkish اولدقجه (oldukça, “rather; quite”), equivalent to ol- + -duk + -ça. Compare Azerbaijani olduqca.


olup

Doktor olup insanlara yardım edecekmiş.

She said she was going to be a doctor and help people.

to be [something] and, to become [something] and


ortalama

From orta (“center”) + -la (verb-forming suffix) + -ma (“-ing”).


yüzüstü

Dişçi, kendini yüzüstü bir kanepeye attı.

The dentist, threw himself on the sofa face-down.

... ulusumuzun temel sorunlarından bazıları yüzüstü duruyor.

... some of the main problems of our nation remain incompletely.


güya

From Ottoman Turkish كویا (güya), from Persian گویا.


üstünkörü

From Ottoman Turkish اوستون كوری (üstün körü), equivalent to üstün + kör.


dostça

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوستجه (dostca, dostça), from دوست (dost), equivalent to dost (“friend”) + -ça.


bilhassa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالخاصه (bilhassa), from Arabic بِالْخَاصَّة (bi-l-ḵāṣṣa), from بِـ (bi-) + اَلْ (al-) + خَاصَّة (ḵāṣṣa), equivalent to bil- + hassa (“specialty, feature”).

der

بِالْخَاصَّة

Arabic بِالْخَاصَّة (bi-l-ḵāṣṣa)


bizzat

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالذات (biẕẕat), from Arabic بِالذَّات (bi-ḏ-ḏāt), from بِـ (bi-) + اَلْ (al-) + ذَات (ḏāt), equivalent to biz- + zat (“person”).


fiilen

From Ottoman Turkish فعلاً, from Arabic فِعْلًا (fiʕlan), from فِعْل (fiʕl).

1939 September 2, headline in Türk Sözü

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


meccanen

From Ottoman Turkish مجانا, from Arabic مَجَّانًا (majjānan), from مَجَّان (majjān) (whence obsolete meccan).


günden güne

Hastalığı günden güne kötüleşiyor.

His/her/its disease getting worse day by day.


takriben

From Ottoman Turkish تقریبا (takriba), from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا (taqrīban), adverbial accusative of تَقْرِيب (taqrīb). By surface analysis, takrip + -en (adverbial suffix).


beyhude

From Persian بیهوده (bihude, “ineffective, useless, futile, pointless, trivial”).


katiyen

From Ottoman Turkish قطعیاً (ḳatʿiyyen), from Arabic قَطْعِيًّا (qaṭʕiyyan), adverbial accusative of قَطْعِيّ (qaṭʕiyy).

under no circumstances
under no circumstances

1930 June 27, advertisement for pest control on page 6 of Yarın

Kokusu lâtif olup kat'iyyen leke yapmaz.


peşin

From Ottoman Turkish پشین (peşin), from Persian پیشین (pišin, “previous”).


resmen

From Ottoman Turkish رسما, from Arabic رَسْمًا (rasman), adverbial accusative of رَسْم (rasm).

resmen saçmaladın

resmen yalan

seriously, in earnest (frequently found in informal speech in diverse connotations, sometimes ironically or in disbelieve for something which should not happen or done seriously but done all the same)


şahsen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شخصاً (şahsan), from Arabic شَخْصًا (šaḵṣan), adverbial accusative of شَخْص (šaḵṣ, “person, individual”). By surface analysis, şahıs + -en.


vakıa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish واقعاً, from Arabic واقِعاً (wāqiʕan), adverbial accusative of وَاقِع (wāqiʕ).


binaen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بناءً, from Arabic بِنَاءً (bināʔan), adverbial accusative of بِنَاء (bināʔ). By surface analysis, bina + -en (adverbial suffix).


ilelebet

From Ottoman Turkish الی الابد (ilelebet), from Arabic إِلَى (ʔilā, “to, until”) and الْأَبَد (al-ʔabad).

Benim naçiz vücudum elbet bir gün toprak olacaktır, ancak Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ilelebet payidar kalacaktır. -M. Kemal ATATÜRK

One day my mortal body will turn to dust, but the Turkish Republic will stand forever.


bilcümle

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بلجمله (bilcümle), from Arabic بِالْجُمْلَة (bi-l-jumla), from بِـ (bi-) + اَلْ (al-) + جُمْلَة (jumla), equivalent to bil- + cümle (“all, everybody; sentence”).

der

بِالْجُمْلَة


bilfiil

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالفعل (bilfiʿl), from Arabic بِٱلْفِعْلِ (bi-l-fiʕli), from بِـ (bi-) + اَلْ (al-) + فِعْل (fiʕl), equivalent to bil- + fiil (“work, deed, action, verb”).


yukarı

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوقاری (yukarı), from a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yok (“up, above; hill”).


muntazaman

Arabic adverbial accusative of muntazam, from Ottoman Turkish منتظم (muntazam), from Arabic مُنْتَظَم (muntaẓam).

Maliye Vekâletince teşkil olunan Islahat Maliye Komisiyonu her 15 günde muntazaman toplanarak çalışmaktadır.

1928 October 21, “Malî Kanunlar”, in Hâkimiyeti Milliye, page 1:


alelacele

From Ottoman Turkish علی العجله, from Arabic عَلَى الْعَجَلَة (ʕalā al-ʕajala).

der

عَلَى الْعَجَلَة


mucibince

From Ottoman Turkish موجبنجه, from Ottoman Turkish موجب (mucib, “necessity; motive”), from Arabic مُوجِب (mūjib), active participle of أَوْجَبَ (ʔawjaba).
Equivalent to mucip (“necessity; motive”) + -i (possessive suffix) + -n- (themactic consonant) + -ce (adverb-forming suffix)

af

in accordance with; as required by; pursuant to


taşra

From Ottoman Turkish طشره, 19th century alteration of طشاری (modern dışarı). Doublet of dışarı.

Alternative form of dışarı (“outside, abroad”)


mukabil

From Ottoman Turkish مقابل (mukabil), from Arabic مُقَابِل (muqābil), active participle of قَابَلَ (qābala).


bertaraf

From Ottoman Turkish بر طرف (ber taraf), from Persian بر (bar) and Arabic طَرَف (ṭaraf).


muhakkak

From Ottoman Turkish محقق (muhakkak), from Arabic مُحَقَّق (muḥaqqaq), passive participle of حَقَّقَ (ḥaqqaqa).


cidden

From Ottoman Turkish جداً (cidden), from Arabic جِدًّا (jiddan).


alelumum

From Ottoman Turkish علی العموم, from Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā) and الْعُمُوم (al-ʕumūm). Compare Azerbaijani ələlümum, Persian علیالعموم (“alalomum”).


bilakayduşart

From Ottoman Turkish بلاقید و شرط, from Arabic بِلَا (bilā, “without”), قَيْد (qayd, “restraint”), شَرْط (šarṭ, “condition”). Appeared as a set phrase c. 1920. In modern use replaced by kayıtsız şartsız.

inh

بلاقید و شرط


mütemadiyen

From Ottoman Turkish متمادیاً (mütemadiyen), from Arabic مُتَمَادِيًا (mutamādiyan), adverbial accusative of مُتَمَادٍ (mutamādin).

der

مُتَمَادِيًا


hayli

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیلی (haylı), from Persian خیلی (xeyli), from Arabic خَيْل (ḵayl, “herd of horses”).


siyaseten

From Ottoman Turkish سیاسةً (siyaseten), from Arabic سِيَاسَةً (siyāsatan).


tedviren

From Ottoman Turkish تدویراً (tedviren), from Arabic تَدْوِيرًا (tadwīran).


müstehzi

From Ottoman Turkish مستهزی (müstehzi), from Arabic مُسْتَهْزِئ (mustahziʔ), active participle of اِسْتَهْزَأَ (istahzaʔa).


elbet

See elbette. Compare Armenian հալբաթ (halbatʻ), Georgian ალბათ (albat), and Bengali আলবৎ (albot), which also show the short form.

"İyi bilirdik" derler, elbet ardımdan / Bundan büyük bi' yalan yok

2009, “Dünyanın Sonuna Doğmuşum [I Was Born at the End of the World]”, in Şehr-i Hüzün [City of Sorrow], performed by maNga:

Of course they will say "we knew him well" after I am gone / There is no lie bigger than this

Gün gelir elbet yine güleriz / Baktık olmadı çay içeriz

2018, “Evet Aynen [Yes, Exactly]”, performed by Kolpa:

The day will surely come when we laugh again / If it doesn't happen, we will have tea

Alternative form of elbette (“of course, surely”)


normalde

From normal (“normal”) + -de (locative suffix).

suffix

Normalde erken yatıp kalkıyorum ama...

Normally, I go to bed early and wake up early but...


güzelce

From Ottoman Turkish گوزلجه (güzelce), equivalent to güzel + -ce.


anbean

From Ottoman Turkish آنبآن, from Persian [Term?], from Arabic آن (ʔān).

Bursa'nın Boğazköy Barajı'nda ilk defa su samuru görüldü. O anlar amatör kamera tarafından anbean kaydedildi.

2022 January 29, “Bursa'da su samuru şaşkınlığı”, in Cumhuriyet:


müttefiken

From Ottoman Turkish متفقاً (müttefikan), adverbial accusative of Arabic مُتَّفِق (muttafiq), active participle of اِتَّفَقَ (ittafaqa, “to come to agreement”), by surface analysis, müttefik + -en.

1938 November 12, headline in Yeni Mersin

İsmet İnönü Müttefikan Türkiye Reisi Cumhurluğuna Seçildi


müstacelen

From Ottoman Turkish مستعجلاً, adverbial accusative of Arabic مُسْتَعْجِل (mustaʕjil, “hurried”).


şaşı

From Ottoman Turkish شاشی (şaşı). By surface analysis, şaş- + -ı (deverbal nominal suffix).

surface analysis

-i<alt:-ı><id:deverbal nominal><pos:deverbal nominal suffix>

şaşı bakmak


dayalı

From Ottoman Turkish طایالی (dayalı), equivalent to daya- + -lu.


m.ö.

Abbreviation of milattan önce (“before birth of Jesus”).


tarihen

From Ottoman Turkish تاریخاً (tarihen), from Arabic تَارِيخًا (tārīḵan).

der

Arabic تَارِيخًا (tārīḵan)


öyle ya da böyle

öyle + ya da + böyle, literally "that way or this way".

Öyle ya da böyle bulunmaları gerekiyor.


normal bir şekilde

From normal + bir + şekilde, literally "in a normal way".

İnsanlar normal bir şekilde yaşamaya devam etsin.

Şu an interneti normal bir şekilde kullanabiliyorum.

Beynin bilgileri hiç normal bir şekilde işlemiyor.

Your brain does not process information in a normal way at all.

normally (sense 2), as normal, in a normal way


dolaşıp

Kapı kapı dolaşıp ders anlatıyor.

She goes from door to door and lectures.


art arda

From art + arda, literally "back to back".

Art arda olacakmışız iki sınavı da.

Rumor is that we'll take both exams back to back.

back to back (consecutively), one after another

Art arda üç yıl kazanabilen takım olmadı.

There hasn't been a team that could win three years in a row.

Art arda dizilen engelleri aşacaksınız.

You'll go through a set of obstacles lined up in a row.


güç bela

From Ottoman Turkish گوج بلا, equivalent to güç + bela.

Adana’da darbedildiği evden güç bela kaçarak kurtuldu.

She escaped with great difficulty the house in which she was assaulted.


günahsız

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كناهسز (günahsız), from günah (“sin”) + -sız (“-less, without”).


cevaben

From Ottoman Turkish جواباً (cevaben), from Arabic جَوَابًا (jawāban).


hâlen

From Ottoman Turkish حالاً (halen), from Arabic حَالًا (ḥālan), by surface analysis, hâl + -en. Doublet of hâlâ.


bir kere

Bir kere suşi yedim sadece.

Bir kere ilk adımı sen atsan o da seninle konuşur.

Actually if you just do the first move, I'm pretty sure he'll talk to you too.

Bir kere öyle biriyle arkadaş olmamalıydın.

You shouldn't have made friends with such a person in the first place.


kaşla göz arasında

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاش ایله گوز اراسنده (ḳaş ile göz arasında, “between the eyebrow and the eye, instantaneously”), equivalent to compound of kaş (“eyebrow”) + -la (with) + göz (“eye”) + ara (“place or space between two things, interval”) + -(s)ı (possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant) + -(n)da (locative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “between the eyebrow and the eye”. Cognate with Kazakh қас пен көздің арасында (qas pen közdıñ arasynda, “in a very short time”).

inh

قاش ایله گوز اراسنده

inh+

قاش ایله گوز اراسنده

cog

қас пен көздің арасында

in the blink of an eye
in the blink of an eye

(idiomatic) In such a short time that nobody could notice; in the blink of an eye.


güpegündüz

From Ottoman Turkish كوپه كوندوز (güpegünduz), intensive form of gündüz.
Cognate with Kazakh күпе-күндіз (küpe-kündız).


ardala

Unknown․ Middle Armenian արտալայ (artalay) and Georgian არტალა (arṭala) are Turkic borrowings.

(Kütahya, Muğla) from behind, in the absence of, in absentia


derhâl

From Ottoman Turkish درحال (derhâl), from Persian در (dar) and Arabic حَال (ḥāl).


herhâlde

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هر حالده (her ḥalde), from Persian هر (har) + Arabic حَال (ḥāl), equivalent to her (“each, every”) + hâl (“state, condition”) + -de (locative suffix).

af

Herhâlde yemek yapıyorsun.


yine de

From Ottoman Turkish ینه ده (yine de), can be analyzed as yine (“again”) + de (“too”).

Ona yapmamasını söyledim ama yine de yaptı.

I told him not to do it but he did it anyway.

Nadiren oluyor ama yine de oluyor.

It happens rarely but it happens nevertheless.

Sen yine de ona bir danış.

In any case you should hear what he has to say.


rahîm

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رحیم (rahim), from Arabic رَحِيم (raḥīm, “merciful”).


haftaya

Haftaya sınavım var.


öyleyse

From Ottoman Turkish اویله ایسه (öyle ise), equivalent to öyle (“like that”) + ise (“if”) (literally, “if it is like that”).


apul apul

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آپول آپول (apul apul). Equivalent to reduplication of apul.

apul apul yürümek

Sonra apul apul gitti.

(dialectal, Amasya, Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Isparta, Konya, Manisa) slowly, ponderously


adedî

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عددی (ʿadedi), from Arabic عَدَدِيّ (ʕadadiyy), from عَدَد (ʕadad, “number”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).


sayesinde

sayemde
sayende
sayesinde
sayemizde
sayenizde
sayelerinde

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سایهسنده (sâyesinde). By surface analysis, saye (“shadow; fig. protection, aid”) + -(s)i (possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant) + -(n)de (locative suffix), literally “in the shadow of (him/her/it)”.

surf

saye<gloss:shadow; fig. protection, aid>

-i<alt:-(s)i><pos:possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant><id:possessive>

Bu uygulama sayesinde çok fazla yeni kelime öğrendim.

Thanks to this app, I learned a bunch of new words.

Takım hep senin sayende üst üste şampiyon oldu.

The team won the championship back to back all thanks to you.

Bu üretim fazlası sayesinde, savaşlarda esir edilen insanların öldürülmesi yerine beslenmesi mümkün hâle geldiğinden, köle emeği diye yeni bir kategori, kölelik diye yeni bir kurum ortaya çıkar.

2016 January, Yıldız Silier, Özgürlük Yanılsaması, Marx ve Rousseau, Yordam Kitap, →ISBN, page 116:

Because, thanks to this production surplus, it was possible to feed rather than kill the people taken prisoner in wars, a new category that is slave labor, and a new institution that is slavery emerges.

(with or without genitive, only with positive connotations unless ironic or sarcastic) thanks to, with the help of, because of


maktuan

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقطوعا (maktuan), derived from Arabic مَقْطُوعًا (maqṭūʕan), adverbial accusative of مَقْطُوع (maqṭūʕ). By surface analysis, maktu + an (adverbial suffix).

der

Arabic مَقْطُوعًا (maqṭūʕan)


mümkün mertebe

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ممكن مرتبه (mümkin mertebe), compound of mümkün (“possible”) + mertebe (“rank, degree”).


bitevi

From Ottoman Turkish بیتوی (bitevi, “whole, unibody”), a derivative of بیتمك (bitmek, “to end”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bütöv.


ileride

From Ottoman Turkish ایلریده (ileride), equivalent to ileri + -de.


gıyaben

From Ottoman Turkish غیاباً (gıyaben), from Arabic غِيَابًا (ḡiyāban).


mahcup

From Ottoman Turkish محجوب (mahcûb, “curtained, veiled, secluded, ashamed, bashful”), from Arabic مَحْجُوب (maḥjūb).


aşağı yukarı

From aşağı (“below, down”) + yukarı (“above, up”).


(text messaging) Abbreviation of tabii ki.


rastgele

From rast (“coincidence, hitting the target”) + gele (“archaic; let it come, may it come”).


gelişigüzel

From geliş (“way of coming”) + -i (“possessive suffix”) + güzel (“pretty, pleasant”).


hakikaten

From Ottoman Turkish حقیقةً (hakikaten), from Arabic حَقِيقَةً (ḥaqīqatan), By surface analysis, hakikat (truth, fact) + -en (instrumental case).


yekpare

From Ottoman Turkish یكپاره (yekpare), from Persian یک پاره (yak-pâre, “one-piece”).

"Tarih, yekpare görülecek, topyekûn sevilecek yahut da nefret edilecek bir şey değildir." - Yahya Kemal Beyatlı


evvela

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولا (evvela, “firstly, in the first place”), from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan).

inh+

firstly, in the first place, first of all


seyrek

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سیرك (seyrek, “open, wide apart, loosely woven, rare”), from Proto-Turkic *sedrek (“gappy, rare, perforated”), from *sedre- (“to be rare, to have wide intervals”). By surface analysis, seyre- + -k. Cognates with Azerbaijani seyrək, Bashkir һирәк (hirək), Kazakh сирек (sirek), Kyrgyz сейрек (seyrek), Tatar сирәк (siräk), Turkmen seýrek, Uzbek siyrak.

inh

In an intermittent way; from time to time, rarely.


bakımından

From bak- (“to look”) + -ım (deverbal nominal suffix) + -ı (possessive suffix) + -(n)dan (ablative suffix).

af

-im<alt:-ım><pos:deverbal nominal suffix><id:deverbal nominal>

in terms of, with regard to, from the perspective of, from the point of view of


az önce

just, just now, recently, shortly before


neticede

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نتیجهده (netîcede). By surface analysis, netice + -de.
Cognate with Azerbaijani nəticədə, Bashkir нәтижәлә (nətijələ), Turkmen netijede, Uyghur نەتىجىدە (netijide), Uzbek natijada.


münhasıran

From Ottoman Turkish منحصراً (münhasıren), from Arabic مُنْحَصِرًا (munḥaṣiran), by surface analysis, münhasır + -en.


aynen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عيناً (ʿaynen, “by eye, by sight, exactly, without difference”), from Arabic عَيْنًا (ʕaynan), adverbial accusative of عَيْن (ʕayn, “eye”). By surface analysis, aynı (“same”) + -en. Compare Azerbaijani eynən (“exactly”), Uzbek aynan (“exactly”) and Uyghur ئەينەن (eynen, “exactly”).


aslen

From Ottoman Turkish اصلاً (aslen), from Arabic أَصْلًا (ʔaṣlan). By surface analysis, asıl (“origin”) + -en.
Doublet of asla.


baş başa

From baş (“head”) + baş + -a (dative suffix), literally “head to head”.

com

(with instrumental or ile) Involving only two people in a private, intimate setting; face-to-face, tête-à-tête.


nedense

From neden (“why, for what reason”) + -se. By surface analysis, neden + ise.

Due to an unknown, uncertain reason; for some reason, somehow, for whatever reason.


bir türlü

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بر درلو (bir dürlü, türlü), equivalent to bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + tür (“type, kind”) + -lü.

af

Kız, olaydan çok sarsıldı, bir türlü kendini toparlayamadı.

The girl was badly shaken by the incident, she just couldn't get herself together.

Neden öyle tepki verdiğini bir türlü anlayamıyorum.

For the life of me, I can't understand why he reacted that way.

O numaraları değiştirdiğini biliyordum, ama bir türlü kanıtlayamadım.

I knew he swapped those numbers, but I just couldn't prove it.

Used to emphasize that something just is or was not possible; just, for the life of one.


bir türlü

Toplantıya gitsem bir türlü, gitmesem bir türlü.

Damned if I go to the meeting, damned if I don't.

aşağı tükürsem sakal, yukarı tükürsem bıyık

Used with the conditional mood to indicate that neither option is favorable; damned if one does and damned if one doesn't.


tesadüf eseri

Compound of tesadüf (“coincidence”) + eser (“work, creation”) + -i (possessive suffix).

com+

As a result of a coincidence; coincidentally, by chance.


ara sıra

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرا صره (ara ṣıra), from آرا or آره (ara) and صره (ṣıra), equivalent to ara (“space, place between two things, interval”) + sıra (“line, order, sequence, turn”).

af

ara<gloss:space, place between two things, interval>

sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time


nispet

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نسبت (nisbet, nispet, “a relationship, relation, ratio, proportion, spite, spiteful or defiant act”), from Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba, “relationship, affiliation, connection, relation”), verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba). Cognates with Azerbaijani nisbət, Bashkir нисбәт (nisbət), Uzbek nisbat.

der

With the intention to make someone jealous or upset someone.


birdenbire

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بردن بره (birden bire, “all of a sudden”), compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + -den (ablative suffix) + bir + -e (dative suffix), literally “from one to one”.

com+

all of a sudden, suddenly, abruptly, instantly


bir süre

Compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + süre (“period of time, duration”).

For a short time, briefly, for a little while.

For an unknown length of time, for some time, for a while.


adamakıllı

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آدم عقللی (adam aḳıllı), equivalent to adam (“human; man”) + akıl (“intelligence, cognition”) + -lı.

af

Uzun zamandır ilk kez adamakıllı yalnız kaldım.

For the first time in a long time I was completely alone.

Hayatımı kurtardığın için sana adamakıllı teşekkür edemedim.

I couldn't thank you properly for saving my life.

80'li yıllarda gerçek faizler adamakıllı yükseldi.

In the 80's, real interests markedly increased.

substantially, extensively, markedly, properly, really, completely


sessiz sedasız

Compound of ses (“sound”) + -siz (without) + seda (“sound”) + -sız.

com+

Without anyone hearing or seeing, quietly, silently.


hemen hemen

Compound of hemen (“quickly, nearly, just”) + hemen.

as good as, close to or not far from all


gizliden gizliye

Compound of gizli (“secret, hidden”) + -den (ablative suffix) + gizli + -(y)e (dative suffix with "y" as buffer consonant), literally “from secret to secret”.


hülasa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خلاصه (ḫulāṣa), from Arabic خُلَاصَة (ḵulāṣa).

der

Arabic خُلَاصَة (ḵulāṣa)


ikide bir

Compound of iki (“two”) + -de (locative suffix) + bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”), literally “one (once) in two”.

com+

Very frequently, over and over again, persistently.


cayır cayır

Reduplication of cayır, inherited from Ottoman Turkish جایر (cayır, “onomatopoeic for; with hissing or crackling noise”).

inh+

Ormanlarımız yaz aylarında cayır cayır yanıyor.

Our forests are burning violently in summer months.

(mainly of something burning, rarely of tearing, splitting apart) violently, quickly, with crackling noises

(by extension) (of a burning sensation or fever) painfully, severely

Dışarısı cayır cayır yanarken 40 yıllık çınar ağaçlarının altı püfür püfür olurdu.

When it was scorching hot outside, it would be breezy under 40 year-old sycamores.

(by extension) (of temperature) scorching hot


durup dururken

Compound of dur- (“to stop, to stand still”) + -up + dur- + -ur + -ken, literally “while standing still continuously”.

com+

Evdeki eşyalar durup dururken bozuluyor.

The appliances at home break down for no apparent reason.

(figuratively) for no apparent reason, without provocation, out of the blue

Ve bir gün, durup dururken her şey değişti.

And one day, just like that, everything changed.

(figuratively) suddenly, abruptly, just like that


yüzde yüz

Compound of yüz (“one hundred”) + -de (locative suffix) + yüz, literally “one hundred in (per) one hundred”.


göz kararı

/ˈɟœz ka.ɾaːɾɯ/


laubali

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لاابالی (la-ubāli, “(I care not), careless, free and easy”), from Arabic لَا أُبَالِي (lā ʔubālī, “I don't care”), from لَا (lā, “no, not”) and أُبَالِي (ʔubālī), non-past (imperfect) indicative of بَالَى (bālā, “to care about, to notice, to pay attention”).

der

لَا أُبَالِي

In an excessively casual and familiar way


bilakis

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالعكس (bilʿaks, bilʿakis, “on the contrary”), from Arabic بِالْعَكْس (bi-l-ʕaks), from بِـ (bi-) + اَلْ (al-) + عَكْس (ʕaks), equivalent to bil- + akis (“reflection”).


nitekim

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نتهكم (netekim, nitekim, “even as, as, just as”) (alternatively; نتهكیم, نتهكه (neteke, niteke/ki)), from نته (nete, nite, “even”), from Proto-Turkic *nēteg, from the combination of *nē (“what”) + *teg (“as, as much”). Compare Karakhanid نَتَكْ (neteg, netek, “how, in what way, how much”).


bol bol

Reduplication of bol, inherited from Ottoman Turkish بول بول (bol bol, “very wide, loose or abundant”), from Proto-Turkic *bōl- (“to become”).


lakayıt

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لا قید (lā ḳayd, “"There is no need for anxiety;" who feels no care or anxiety”), from Arabic لَا قَيْد (lā qayd), from لَا (lā, “no, not”) and قَيْد (qayd, “chain, bond, restriction, registration”).


boşuna

From boş (“empty, idle, vain”) + -u (possessive suffix) + -(n)a (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “to (its) vain, in vain”.


boş yere

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوش یره (boş yere, “in vain, groundlessly”), equivalent to compound of boş (“empty, idle, vain”) + yer (“place, ground, situation”) + -e (dative suffix), literally “to an empty place”.


oradan oraya

Compound of ora (“that place”) + -dan (ablative suffix) + ora + -(y)a (dative suffix with "y" as buffer consonant), literally “from that place to that place”.

hither and yon, to and fro, hither and thither, from pillar to post


güçlükle

From güç (“force, strength; difficult, hard”) + -lük (-ness) + -le (instrumental suffix), equivalent to güçlük + ile.

af

güç<gloss:force, strength; difficult, hard>

Sınavdan önceki gece güçlükle uyuyabildim.

I managed to sleep with (great) difficulty the night before the exam.

with great difficulty
with great difficulty

Not easily; with difficulty, with great difficulty, hardly, laboriously.


doğrusu

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوغریسی (doğrusu, “the truth of the matter”), equivalent to doğru (“true, straight, the truth”) + -(s)u (possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant). Cognates with Azerbaijani doğrusu, Turkmen dogrusy, Uzbek toʻgʻrisi.

com

as a matter of fact, in fact, to tell the truth


belli belirsiz

Compound of belli (“clear, apparent”) + belirsiz (“unclear, vague”).


tek tük

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تك توك (tek tük, “here and there, now and then”), equivalent to tek (“one, only, single”) + tük. Cognates with Azerbaijani tək-tük, Turkmen täk-tük.


oldum olası

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولدم اولهسی (oldum olası, “ever since I came into existence, from my birth until now”), equivalent to ol- (“to be, to become”) + -du (past tense suffix) + -m (1st person singular suffix) + ol- + -ası (adverbial participle suffix, mutated).

inh

اولدم اولهسی

inh+

اولدم اولهسی

com

For as long as I can remember, from my earliest recollection; always.


bir müddet

Compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + müddet (“period of time, duration”).


ağır ağır

/aˈɰɯɾ.a.ɰɯɾ/

Reduplication of ağır, inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغر آغر or آغیر آغیر (aġır aġır, “slowly”), from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”).


süratle

From sürat (“speed, quickness”) + -le (instrumental suffix), equivalent to sürat + ile.


aynı zamanda

Compound of aynı (“same, similar”) + zaman (“time”) + -da (locative suffix), literally “at the same time”.

com+

at the same time, simultaneously, concurrently


bir sürü

Compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + sürü (“a herd, a flock”).


eğreti

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اكرتی, or ایرتی (eyreti, iyreti, “temporary, makeshift”) from Arabic إِعارة (ʔiʕāra, “lending, loan”) with ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).


doğru dürüst

Compound of doğru (“true, correct, straight”) + dürüst (“honest”).


iyice

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایوجه (eyüce, iyice) or اییجه (iyice) from ایو (eyü), equivalent to iyi (“good, well”) + -ce (diminutive suffix).

af

properly, as required, in depth, in detail


yan yana

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یان یانه (yan yana, “side to/by side”), from یان (yan), equivalent to compound of yan (“side”) + yan + -a (dative suffix).


üst üste

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوست یوسته (üst üste) from اوست (üst), equivalent to compound of üst (“top, upper”) + üst + -e (dative suffix).


hasılı

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حاصلی (ḥāṣılı), from حاصل (ḥāṣıl), equivalent to hasıl + -ı (possessive suffix).


kısaca

From kısa (“short, brief”) + -ca (diminutive suffix).


olur olmaz

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولور اولمز or اولور اولماز (olur olmaz), from compound of olur (“(it)happens; possible, doable”) (3rd person singular simple present positive) + olmaz (“(it) doesn't happen; not possible, not doable”) (3rd person singular simple present negative).

com+

olur<gloss:(it)happens; possible, doable><qq:3rd person singular simple present positive>

olmaz<gloss:(it) doesn't happen; not possible, not doable><qq:3rd person singular simple present negative>

as soon as, just after, right after (something happens)


zamanla

From zaman (“time”) + -la (instrumental suffix), equivalent to zaman + ile.

af

Samsun eski yıllarda iç göç alan bir şehirdi ama bu konumu zamanla kaybetti.

Samsun used to be a city that receives domestic immigration but in time it lost this position.


teker teker

Reduplication of teker, from tek (“one, only, alone”) + -er (distributive number suffix).


avaz avaz

Reduplication of avaz, from Ottoman Turkish آواز (āvāz) or آوازه (āvāze, “a sound, noise, voice”).


mışıl mışıl

/mɯˈʃɯɫ mɯ.ʃɯɫ/

mı‧şıl‧mı‧şıl

Onomatopoeic, reduplication of mışıl, inherited from Ottoman Turkish مشیل (mışıl).


velhasıl

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish والحاصل (velḥāṣıl), from Arabic وَ (wa, “and”) + اَلْ (al-, “the”) + حَاصِل (ḥāṣil, “outcome, bottom line, sum”), equivalent to ve + hasıl.


bir nevi

Compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + nevi (kind, type, sort), deteriorated, superseded form of nev, from Arabic نَوْع (nawʕ).

com+

bir<gloss:a, one, indefinite determiner>


için için

Reduplication of için, from iç (“inside, inner, inner part”).


ekseriya

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اكثریا (ekseriyyā), from Arabic أَكْثَرِيًّا (ʔakṯariyyan, “mostly, generally”), from أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).

der

أَكْثَرِيًّا


gitgide

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كت كیده or كیت كیده (git gide), from كتمك (gitmek), equivalent to compound of git (“to go”, 2nd P. Sg. imperative) + gide (3rd P. Sg. optative).

com+

gitmek<alt:git><gloss:to go><pos:2nd P. Sg. imperative>

gitmek<alt:gide><pos:3rd P. Sg. optative>

gradually, progressively, by degrees as time goes by


gittikçe

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كتدكجه or كیتدكجه (gitdikce, gittikçe), from كتمك (gitmek), equivalent to git- (“to go”) + -tik + -çe. Cognates with Azerbaijani getdikcə, Turkmen gitdikçe.

Gittikçe daha çok anne emzirmeyi tercih ediyor.

More and more mothers are choosing to breastfeed.


giderek

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كیدهرك (giderek), from كتمك (gitmek), equivalent to git- (“to go”) + -erek.


gayesiz

From gaye (“aim, end goal”) + -siz (without, -less).


tereddütsüz

From tereddüt (“hesitation, indecision”) + -siz (without, -less).


aklı başında

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عقلی باشنده (aḳlı başında), from عقل (aḳl, aḳıl) and باش (baş), equivalent to akıl (“wits, reason, mind”) + -ı (possessive suffix) + baş (“head”) + -ı (possessive suffix) + -(n)da (locative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “his/her/their wits are in their head”.

af

-de<alt:-(n)da><pos:locative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant>


yarım yamalak

Possibly from yarım (“half”) + yamalık (“piece of fabric used for patching something up”).

yamalık<t:piece of fabric used for patching something up>

(figuratively) in a slapdash, careless manner


evvelce

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولجه (evvelce), from اول, equivalent to evvel (“before, first, earlier”) + -ce. Cognates with Azerbaijani əvvəlcə.


günlerce

From gün (“day”) + -ler (plural suffix) + -ce.


bir an evvel

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بر آن اول (bir an evvel), from بر (bir) + آن (an) + اول (evvel), equivalent to compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + an (“moment”) + evvel (“before, first, earlier”), literally “one moment earlier”. Cognates with Azerbaijani bir an əvvəl.


günaşırı

gü‧na‧aşı‧rı

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گون آشری (gün aşırı), from گون (gün) + آشوری (aşırı) (alternatively آشرو (aşıru), آشری (aşırı)), equivalent to compound of gün (“day”) + aşırı (“excessive, extreme, too much, beyond”). Cognates with Azerbaijani günaşırı, Bashkir көн аша (kön aşa), Turkmen günaşa, günaşym, Tatar көн аша (kön aşa), Uyghur كۈن ئاشۇرۇپ (kün ashurup).

com+

aşırı<gloss:excessive, extreme, too much, beyond>


sarmaş dolaş

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صارماش طولاش (ṣarmaş dolaş), from صارماش (ṣarmaş) + طولاش (dolaş), equivalent to sar- (“to wrap, to wind”) + -ma + -ş + dola- (“to wind around”) + -ş.

inh

صارماش طولاش

inh+

صارماش طولاش

com

صارماش (ṣarmaş) + طولاش (dolaş)

af

sarmak<alt:sar-><gloss:to wrap, to wind>

(figuratively) In a hugging, cuddling state.


hafifçe

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خفیفجه (ḫafifce), from خفیف (ḫafif), equivalent to hafif (“light, easy, soft”) + -çe.


gizlice

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كیزلوجه or كیزلیجه (gizlice), from كیزلو or كیزلی (gizli), from كیز (giz), equivalent to giz (“secret, mystery”) + -li + -ce.


her gün

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هر گون (her gün), from هر (her) + گون (gün), equivalent to compound of her (“each, every”) + gün (“day”). Cognates with Azerbaijani hər gün, Bashkir һәр көн (hər kön), Kazakh әр күн (är kün), Kyrgyz ар күн (ar kün), Turkmen her gün, Uyghur ھەر كۈنى (her küni), Uzbek har kuni.


beraberce

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish برابرجه (berāberce), from برابر (berāber), equivalent to beraber (“together”) + -ce.


müphem

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مبهم (mübhem, “closed, shut; solid; impenetrable to counsel; dubious, vague”), from Arabic مُبْهَم (mubham), passive participle of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, “to shut/lock, to conceal”).


yok pahasına

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوق بهاسنه (yoḳ bahasına, pahasına) or یوق بهایه (yoḳ bahaya, pahaya), from یوق (yoḳ) + بها (baha, paha) equivalent to yok (“there isn't, not, none”) + paha (“price, cost, value”) + -(s)ı (“possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant”) + -(n)a (“dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant”), literally “for the price of nothing, for no price”.

af

-i<alt:-(s)ı><t:possessive suffix with "s" as buffer consonant><id:possessive>

-e<alt:-(n)a><t:dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant>

for a song and a dance
for a song and a dance

(idiomatic) at a very low price, for a song and a dance


ayrıyeten

A false derivation of ayrı, a word of Turkish origin, with the Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya, abstract noun suffix) (Ottoman Turkish ـیت (-iyet)) and the Arabic ـًا (-an, adverbial accusative suffix).


nadiren

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نادراً (nadiren, “rarely, seldom”), from Arabic نَادِرًا (nādiran), adverbial accusative of نَادِر (nādir, “rare, unusual”).


açıktan açığa

a‧çık‧tan‧a‧çı‧ğa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اچقدن اچغه (açıḳdan açığa), from اچق or آچیق (açıḳ), equivalent to açık (“open; overt”) + -tan (ablative suffix) + açık + -a (dative suffix), literally “from overt to overt”. Cognates with Azerbaijani açıqdan-açığa, açıq-açığına, Turkmen açykdan-açyk, Uyghur ئوچۇق-ئاشكارا (ochuq-'ashkara).

inh

açıḳdan açığa

inh+

açıḳdan açığa

cog

ئوچۇق-ئاشكارا


aç karnına

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آج قارننه (ac ḳarnına), from آج (ac, aç) and قارن (ḳarn, ḳarın), equivalent to aç (“hungry”) + karın (“stomach”) + -ı (possessive suffix) + -(n)a (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “on/with hungry stomach”. Cognates with Azerbaijani acqarına, Bashkir ас ҡарынға (as qarınğa), Kazakh ашқарынға (aşqarynğa), Kyrgyz ач карынга (ac karınga), Tatar ач карынга (aç qarınga), Uzbek och qoringa.

af

-e<alt:-(n)a><pos:dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant>

(idiomatic) on an empty stomach, without having eaten


ulu orta

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولو اورتا (ulu orta, “the high sea”), from اولو (ulu) and اورتا or اورته (orta), equivalent to compound of ulu (“grand, great”) + orta (“middle, center”).


kardeşçe

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قارنداشجه or قرنداشجه (ḳarındaşca, ḳardaşca) from قارنداش or قرنداش (ḳarındaş, ḳardaş), equivalent to kardeş (“sibling”) + -çe. Cognates with Azerbaijani qardaşcasına, Tatar кардәшчә (qardäşçä), Uyghur قېرىنداشلارچە (qërindashlarche), Uzbek qardoshlarcha.

cog

Tatar кардәшчә (qardäşçä)

قېرىنداشلارچە

In a way that is fitting of siblings, brotherly, fraternally.


yok yere

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوق یره (yoḳ yere), from یوق (yoḳ), equivalent to yok (“there isn't, not, none”) + yer (“place, ground”) + -e (dative suffix), literally “to no place”.


hayal meyal

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیال میال (ḫayāl meyāl, “scarcely perceptible”), from خیال (ḫayāl), equivalent to a reduplication of hayal (“imagination, dream”).


ucu ucuna

From uç (“tip, point, end”) + -u (possessive suffix) + uç + -u (possessive suffix) + -(n)a (dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “end to end, point to point”.

af

-e<alt:-(n)a><pos:dative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant>


emaneten

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish امانةً (emāneten), from Arabic أَمَانَةً (ʔamānatan) adverbial accusative of أَمَانَة (ʔamāna), verbal noun of أَمُنَ (ʔamuna).


can havliyle

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جان هولیله (can havliyle), from جان (cān, can) and هول (havl, havil), equivalent to can (“life, soul, heart”) + havl (“fright, terror”) + -i (possessive suffix) + -yle, literally “with terror for (one's) life/soul”, or can + havli + ile.

af

Out of fear for one's life, for dear life, desperately.


el altından

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ال آلتندن (el altından), from ال (al, el) and آلت (alt), equivalent to el (“hand”) + alt (“under, lower, bottom”) + -ı (possessive suffix) + -(n)dan (ablative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “from under the hand”. Cognates with Azerbaijani əl altından.

af

-dan<alt:-(n)dan><pos:ablative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant>

(idiomatic) underhandedly, secretly, covertly, clandestinely


canla başla

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جان باش ایله (can baş ile), from جان (cān, can) and باش (baş), equivalent to can (“life, soul, heart”) + -la (instrumental suffix) + baş (“head”) + -la, literally “with soul/life and head”, or can + ile + baş + ile.

inh

جان باش ایله

inh+

جان باش ایله

af

(idiomatic) wholeheartedly, with heart and soul or body and soul


naklen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نقلاً (naḳlen, “by way of tradition”), from Arabic نَقْلًا (naqlan) adverbial accusative of نَقْل (naql, “transport”), verbal noun of نَقَلَ (naqala, “to transport”).


tahminen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تخمینا (taḫminā) or تخمیناً (taḫminen, “as an estimate, about”), from Arabic تَخْمِينًا (taḵmīnan) adverbial accusative of تَخْمِين (taḵmīn, “guess, speculation”), verbal noun of خَمَّنَ (ḵammana).


epey

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اپیی (epey, epeyi), deteriorated from اپ ایو (ep eyü, eyi) or اپ ایی (ep eyi, iyi), intensive of ایو (eyü, iyi). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *epedgü.


enikonu

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اڭی قونی (eñi ḳonu) from اڭ (eñ, “width”), from Proto-Turkic *ēn (“breadth, width”), from *ēn- (“to go down, to descend”), deteriorated from ineyim (1st P. Sg. optative inflection of inmek (“to descend”)) + konayım (1st P. Sg. optative inflection of konmak (“to perch, to alight”)).

com

ineyim<pos:1st P. Sg. optative inflection of <i class="Latn mention" lang="tr">inmek</i> (“to descend”)>

konayım<pos:1st P. Sg. optative inflection of <i class="Latn mention" lang="tr">konmak</i> (“to perch, to alight”)>

(idiomatic) at length, thoroughly, in detail


er geç

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ار كج (er gec), from ار (er, “early”) and كچ (geç, “late”), equivalent to er (“early”) + geç (“late”). Cognates with Bashkir иртәме-һуңмы (irtəme-huñmı), Kazakh ерте ме, кеш пе (erte me, keş pe), Kyrgyz эртеби-кечпи (ertebi-kecpi), Tatar иртәме-соңмы (irtäme-soñmı), Turkmen ir-giç, Uzbek ertami-kechmi.

cog

иртәме-һуңмы

ерте ме, кеш пе

эртеби-кечпи

иртәме-соңмы


acemice

From acemi (“inexperienced, amateur”) + -ce.


bilmukabele

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالمقابله (bilʿmuḳābele, “in return, reciprocally”), from Arabic بِالْمُقَابَلَة (bi-l-muqābala), from بِـ (bi-) + اَلْ (al-) + مُقَابَلَة (muqābala), equivalent to bil- + mukabele (“an act of responding, reciprocating”).

der

بِالْمُقَابَلَة


bölük pörçük

bö‧lük‧pör‧çük

Possibly from bölük (“divided; division”) + pöçük (“coccyx, tailbone”), from Armenian պոչուկ (počʻuk).


bir an önce

From bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + an (“moment”) + önce (“before, earlier”), literally “one moment earlier”.


mecburen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مجبوراً (mecburen), from Arabic مَجْبُورًا (majbūran) adverbial accusative of مَجْبُور (majbūr, “obliged, compelled”), passive participle of جَبَرَ (jabara).

inh+

compulsorily, perforce, under obligation


evvel ahir

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اول آخر (evvel āḫir), from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal) and آخِر (ʔāḵir), equivalent to evvel (“before, first”) + ahir (“after, last”). Cognates with Azerbaijani əvvəl-axır, Turkmen owal-ahyr.


tedricen

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تدریجاً (tedricen), from Arabic تَدْرِيجًا (tadrījan) adverbial accusative of تَدْرِيج (tadrīj), verbal noun of دَرَّجَ (darraja, “to step forward, to proceed gradually”).

inh+

(archaic) gradually, progressively, by degrees


nazaran

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نظراً (naẓaran), from Arabic نَظَرًا (naẓaran), adverbial accusative of نَظَر (naẓar, “vision, look, gaze”), verbal noun of نَظَرَ (naẓara).


aksi hâlde

From aksi (“opposite, contrary”) + hâl (“state, circumstance”) + -de (locative suffix).


küstahça

From küstah (“impertinent, insolent”) + -ça.


şimdilik

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمدیلك (şimdilik), from شمدی (şimdi), equivalent to şimdi (“now, the present time”) + -lik.


hâlbuki

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حال بو كه (ḥal bu ki), from حال (ḥal) + بو (bu) + كه (ki), equivalent to hâl (“state, situation, circumstance”) + bu (“this”) + ki (“that”), literally “the state is (this) that”. Cognates with Azerbaijani halbuki, Uyghur ھالبۇكى (halbuki), Uzbek holbuki.


o hâlde

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish او حالده (o ḥalde), from او (o) and حال (ḥal), equivalent to o (demonstrative determiner "that") + hâl (“state, situation, circumstance”) + -de (locative suffix).


her hâlde

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هر حالده (her ḥalde), from Persian هر (har) + Arabic حَال (ḥāl), equivalent to her (“each, every”) + hâl (“state, condition”) + -de (locative suffix).

af

in any case, no matter what, by any means, certainly