Turkish Vocab Words

Front 1

Kasılmak

Back 1

To become shy or to not be yourself
dictionary:
1. to contract.
2. to shorten, get shorter.
3. to be lessened.
4. to swagger, show off; to act high and mighty.
5. slang to sit back imperiously.

Hint 1

Müdürle konuşurken çok kasıldım

Front 2

Kedim gibi olmuyourm
kendimde değilim

Back 2

I am not myself

Hint 2

not sure which one is right

Front 3

gelir/gider

Back 3

income/expenses

Front 4

masraf

Back 4

specific expenses

Front 5

edebiyat

Back 5

literature

Hint 5

yapmak to talk or write bombastically, talk or write in purple prose.

Front 6

yaşıt

Back 6

1. person who is the same age as oneself, contemporary.
2. /la/ (someone) who is the same age as (another).

Hint 6

Chris benimle yaşıt

Front 7

üşengeç olmak
üşengeçsin

Back 7

with olmak - to be
1. apathetic when it comes to work; supine.
2. lazy, slothful.

Hint 7

procrastinate

Front 8

geniz

Back 8

nzi nasal passages, nasal fossae.

genize kaçmak (for food or liquid) to go down the wrong way.
genizden konuşmak to speak through one's nose.
geniz sesi ling. nasal sound.
genizi tıkanmak to have a stuffy nose.
geniz ünlüsü ling. nasal vowel.
geniz ünsüzü ling. nasal consonant.
genizini yakmak (for smoke, a pungent smell, etc.) to burn the back of one's throat.

Hint 8

geniz eti - adenoid

Front 9

topuk dikeni

Back 9

sharp pain in one's heel

Hint 9

diken

1. thorn, pricker; barb; spine.
2. spine, quill.
3. thorny plant, thornbush.

Front 10

evhamlı
evhamlılık yapmak
evham hastalığı

Back 10

apprehensive, full of anxieties; hypochondriac.

Hint 10

evham
groundless apprehensions, anxieties; hypochondria.

evhamlanmak
to imagine the worst (needlessly).

Front 11

yatırım yapmak

Back 11

1. investment, investing; depositing.
2. investment, sum invested; deposit.

Hint 11

yatırı
bank deposit which yields interest.
yatırıcı
investor

Front 12

maksat

Back 12

1. intention, purpose, aim, object.
2. /dan/ the meaning of: Yemekten maksat beslenmektir. Food means nourishment.

__ gütmek to have a hidden aim, cherish a secret intention.

Hint 12

benim maksadım ingelizce öğretmeni olmak. Bunu söylememdeki maksat senin eie beslenmeni/ kendine dikkat etmen için.

Front 13

kastetmek

Back 13

1. /ı/ to mean to say, mean: Maruf demekle neyi kastediyorsunuz? What do you mean by saying "famous"? Köy deyince Dudullu'yu kastediyor? When he says "the village" he means Dudullu. Beni mi kastetti? Did she mean me?
2. /ı/ to intend, purpose, aim, mean: Bununla ona bir ders vermeyi kastettiler. They intended this to be a lesson to him.
3. /a/ to harbor evil intentions towards, have designs upon, intend to do (someone) harm.

Hint 13

kasıtlı
1. deliberate, intentional.
2. deliberately, intentionally, on purpose.

kasten
deliberately, intentionally, on purpose.

Front 14

eziyet

Back 14

1. torment, torture.
2. cruelty.
3. injury, pain, hurt, suffering.

__ çekmek to go to a lot of trouble; to be put to a lot of trouble.

__ etmek /a/ to torment, torture.

__ vermek /a/ to cause (someone) pain or great trouble.

Front 15

gevşek

Back 15

1. loose, slack, lax.
2. flabby, flaccid, soft.
3. sloppy, slovenly, slipshod, lacking in backbone, soft, lax.
4. ling. lax (vowel).

Hint 15

__ ağızlı indiscreet, unable to keep secrets.
__ davranmak to be lax.
__ tutmak /ı/ to do (something) halfheartedly.

Front 16

Kendimi dev gibi hissediyorum

Back 16

I feel like a giant

Front 17

Benzetmek

Back 17

1. /ı, a/ to mistake (something) for (something else).
2. /ı, a/ to compare (something) with (something else).
3. /ı/ to ruin, break, smash.
4. /ı/ to beat, thrash.

Hint 17

Seni audrey Hepburne benzettim

Front 18

kıyas
kıyaslamak
/ı/ to compare.

Back 18

1. comparison, comparing.
2. analogy.
3. syllogism; deductive reasoning.

__la /a/
1. in comparison to/with.
2. by analogy with.
__ etmek /ı/ to compare.
__ kabul etmez incomparable, not comparable.

Front 19

saf

Back 19

1. pure, unadulterated.
2. ingenuous, guileless; credulous; gullible.

Front 20

masum

Back 20

1. innocent.
2. colloq. small child.

Hint 20

masumluk - innocence

Front 21

mahzun

Back 21

sad; dejected, depressed.

Hint 21

mahzunlaşmak
to become sad; to become dejected.
mahzunluk
sadness; dejection.
mahzun durmak
to be dejected

Front 22

sevindirmek

Back 22

/ı/ to please (someone).