Basic Turkish Vocabulary

mother

father

how much/many?

tree

I

you

big

fish

street

mosque

spokesman

night

day

child

much, many

difficult, power

late

tooth

house

early

bad

cup

elephant

week

lake

wide

eye

son

grease, fat, oil

(the) other

if... (eğer ben: if I...)

garden, yard

morning

coffee, coffeehouse

spoon

sugar

good

we

you (polite singular, normal plural)

no, charity

short

Japan

garage

girl

who?

small

hand

pound, 100 kuruş

(unit of money)

arm

evening

minaret

fruit

meat

bread

they

he, she, it, that

lemon

easy

(postage) stamp

piece

ball, sphere

color

drinking glass

water

thing, "umm"

now

head

horse

milk

milkman

Turk, Turkish

this, these

that

face, hundred

and

yes

pool

heathen

tall, high

year

new

foot

few, little

profit

snow

tulip

Damascus

Damascene

lofty, sublime

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

twenty

thirty

forty

fifty

sixty

seventy

eighty

ninety

(one) hundred

I

you

we

you

he, she, it, that, those

they

this, these

that, those (far)

what?

when?

month

hour, time, watch, clock

minute

second

ear

mouth

tooth

leg

city

town

village

tea

apple

orange

cheese

butter

poppy, opium

black, land

fortress

white

sea

red, scarlet

river, stream

Allahu akbar (Takbir)

time, occurence (bir kere: once)

time, occurence (same as above)

half (used when no other numbers are present)

half (used with numbers)

piece (of a whole)

(whole)

slice (of bread/etc)

to come

to know

to see

to laugh

to take

to break (trans.)

to happen

to find

coffeehouse owner

fire

to look, to look after

to understand

to pull

to want/need

to tire (of something)

to push

to run

to kiss

to hold

to read

to walk

to do

gentleman, sir, master, well-mannered

Monsieur

mountain

rug

(musical) band

box

circumstance

owner, master

right, truth, God

dog

electricity

arrow

money

cat

some, certain, some of

nice (to see you)

book

but, however

to drink

to go

please

quick, quickly

to buy

where

here

there (note that the absolutive forms of nere, bura, şura, and ora do not occur in modern Turkish)

there (far)

quarter

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

person, human

to give

later, afterwards

hotel

to stay, to remain, be left over

to return, go back, to turn, revolve

suddenly (lit. "from one to one")

to talk about, discuss

which, what

nothing, ever

school

although

to enter

as much as, amount

every, each

to work, to study

even

so, such, thus, having the meaning of

travel, trip

oh!, [used to emphasize a rhetorical question]

how

hot, warm

why

newspaper

room

to put

one, oneself (used in possessive constructs)

bed

lesson, class

woman

for

like

more

to turn

as ... as

there is

time

not

human

place, ground

inside

whole

with

last

there is not

or

because

how

how are you?

I am fine

name (adın: your name, adım: my name)

where are you from

against

to swim

other

to do

now

right, correct

work, business

world

before

to observe

situation

immediately

from now on, left over

to say

reason

any

middle

front

under

gold

to leave

both...and...

way, road

noboy

to start

same

first

to ask

person

door

to tell

long, tall

only

life

superior

side

topic

moment

maybe

to think

real

to go out

to stop

complete

everybody

to want

to love

sound, voice

always

god

together

age

to bring

alone

meaning

to throw

to say

whole

back

clear

again

to fall

dream

government

time

to hear

shape

event

again

much

I mean

suddenly

to accept

feeling

to move

movement

to decide

decision

shape

to get up

to stand up

outside

outer

to sit

war

display

this time

as if

thought

sibling

to open

open

rose

hungry

full

important

all of it

to call out

bitter

to talk

speech

to arrive

only

difficult

main

a few

again

food, to eat

folk

only

society

ind

income

friend

thousand

really

bad

to touch

to believe

soul

close

floor, layer

to add

male

husband

spouse

wife

to process

crime

to commit a crime

labor

death

dead

to die

to say

difference

queue

air, weather

horror

to fear

scary

degree

country

moreover

each other

to feel

to show

to write

summer

Mister

to learn

to teach

light

entity

problem

letter

relationship

down

instead of

various

other

friend

already

frequent

distant

to live

area

full

response

to respond

to use

apparent

continuation

future

family

wife

forward

to end, to finish, to run out

high

to search, to call

construction

car

to pass

news

finger

Misses

question

to cry

to forget

behavior

information

heavy

first

second

breast

to suppose

result

value

valuable

head

special

feature

especially

tomorrow

whereas

to help

help

bed

to go to bed

to sleep

otherwise

street

environment

bride

groom

in this way

to run away

soil

look

to fly

tip

window

spending

to win

many

work

deep

dark, darkness

city

sky

heart

forehead

expression

type

slow

fast

speed

yacht

tongue, language

to wander

basic

school

game

again, repetition

far

wall

section

table

to be seen

doctor

to listen

request

related

to wait

answer

to answer

science

scientist

love (in general)

love (in a relationship)

lover

in love

religion

sick

hospital

sun

to shout

past

get well soon

mission

to approach

together

villager

about

certain

certainty

period

attention

to pay attention

percent

to send

branch

to provied

to behave

appropriate

up

to be opened

attitude

care

animal

lesson

to study

appropriate

to fire, to shoot

training, education

to kill

white

to hit, to shoot