... olsun... olsun

giving God thanks, thanksgiving, praising God, giving glory to God. - etmek /a/ see hamdetmek. - olsun! see Hamdolsun!

forbidden by religion, unlawful, wrong. - etmek /ı, a/ to take the pleasure out of (something) for (someone). - helal ver Allahım, garip kulun yer Allahım. colloq. He will make a profit from anything, with no regard for right and wrong. - mal a thing taken by theft or deceit. - olmak /a/ (for the pleasure, enjoyment, etc. of something) to be ruined, spoiled, or impaired (for someone). - olsun! May you get no benefit from it. - para money illegitimately acquired, ill-gotten gains. -a uçkur çözmek colloq. to commit adultery. - yemek to get something illegally or illegitimately.

"1. Come on! (used to spur someone on): Haydi Filiz! Come on Filiz! 2. All right, OK: Haydi istediğin şekilde yapalım. OK, let´s do it your way. 3. OK, let´s say... (used when estimating): Kahire buradan haydi yüz kilometre olsun. OK, let´s say Cairo is one hundred kilometers away. 4. Come off it!/Nonsense!: Haydi oradan, bana madik atamazsın! Listen man, you can´t feed me that! 5. OK, so... (but)...!: Haydi gelemedi, bari bir telefon edeydi! OK, so he was unable to come; at least he could have telephoned! 6. The only thing to do is...: Seller basınca biz haydi dama. Whenever it floods, we´ve no choice but to take to the roof. - bakalım! Come on then!/ Hurry up! - canım sen de! colloq. Who do you think you´re kidding?/Don´t feed me that bull! - gidelim! Come on, let´s go! - git! Get going!/Push off!/Off with you now! - haydi! colloq. 1. Who do you think you´re fooling? 2. Cut it short!/Don´t prolong things!/Don´t drag it out! - haydi 1. easily, with no trouble whatsoever: Biz bunu haydi haydi yaparız. We´ll do this with no trouble whatsoever. 2. at the most, at most: Bu kütüphane haydi haydi yüz kitap alır. This bookcase will hold one hundred books at the most. - oradan! colloq. 1. Get moving!/Move it! 2. Who do you think you´re kidding? "

"two. -dir for the second time. -miz the two of us. -miz de both of us. -si the two (of them). -si de both (of them). - ahbap çavuşlar colloq. inseparable friends, great pals. -si arası 1. neither one nor the other, a combination of the two. 2. (someone, something) who/which is a mixture of the two. - arada bir derede somehow or other. - arada bir derede kalmak to be in a tight situation. - arada kalmak to be at a loss as to whom to believe; not to know whom to support. - ateş arasında kalmak to be caught between two fires. - atomlu chem. diatomic. - ayağını bir pabuca sokmak/koymak /ın/ to pressure (someone), put pressure on (someone) (to finish something immediately). - baştan olmak (for something) to be possible only if both sides are in agreement about it. -de bir/birde very frequently, all the time, constantly, continually, every whipstitch. -si bir kapıya çıkar. colloq. They both amount to the same thing. -si bir kazanda kaynamamak not to get along together. -sini bir kazana koysalar kaynamazlar. colloq. It´s impossible for them to get along with each other. - boyutlu two-dimensional. - buçukluk (a) two-and-a-half lira coin. - büklüm bent double, very stooped. - cambaz bir ipte oynamaz. proverb If two cheats try to work together, they end up cheating each other. - cami arasında kalmış beynamaz/binamaz (someone) who doesn´t know which alternative to choose, (someone) who doesn´t know which of two choices to make. - cihanda in this world and the next. - çıplak bir hamama yakışır. proverb Don´t think about marrying if you haven´t got a penny to your name. - çift laf/söz a word or two, a few words. - çifte kayık/- çifteli rowboat with two pairs of oars. - değerlikli chem. bivalent (element). - dinle (bin işit) bir söyle. proverb Listen before you talk. - dirhem bir çekirdek dressed up fit to kill, dressed up to the nines, all dolled up. - dünya this world and the world to come. - eli böğründe kalmak to be at a loss as to what to do; to feel helpless. - eli (kızıl) kanda olsa no matter what he´s/she´s doing, no matter what, no matter how tied up he/she is. - eli şakaklarında düşünmek to brood, be deep in thought. - eli yakasında olmak /ın/ to intend to settle accounts (with another) on Judgment Day. - elim yanıma gelecek. colloq. I swear I´m telling the truth!/Cross my heart! - evli bigamous. - geçeli in two rows facing each other. - gönül bir olursa/olunca samanlık seyran olur. proverb If two people are really in love they can make do with a bare minimum of worldly goods. - gözüm my dear; my dear friend; my dear lady; my dear fellow. - gözle görme/- göze değgin görme binocular vision. - gözü iki çeşme crying one´s eyes out, crying one´s heart out. - gözüm kör olsun! I swear to God! - gözüm önüme aksın! I swear to God! - günde bir every other day. - hörgüçlü deve Bactrian camel, two-humped camel. - karpuz bir koltuğa sığmaz. proverb You can´t do two things at once. - kat 1. doubled, folded. 2. bent double, very stooped. - katı /ın/ double the amount of. - katlı 1. two-storied. 2. two-layered. - kat olmak to be bent double, become very stooped. - kere twice. - kere iki dört eder gibi as sure as two and two is four. - misli twofold, twice as much. - namlulu double-barreled. - nokta colon (punctuation mark). -si ortası/-sinin ortası 1. (someone, something) which is a blend of the two. 2. a blend of the two. 3. middle ground, middle of the road; middle way, middle path. - paralık etmek /ı/ to ruin (someone´s) reputation, discredit (someone) thoroughly. - paralık olmak (for someone´s reputation) to be ruined, (for someone) to be thoroughly discredited. - rahmetten biri. colloq. If he can´t get well I hope death will put an end to his sufferings. - satır konuşmak/dertleşmek to have a brief chat. - seksen uzanmak slang 1. to be tickled pink. 2. to be flattened (by a fisticuff). 3. to loll. - sözü/lafı/lakırdıyı bir araya getirememek to be unable to express ones

"1. medicine, medicament, medication; drug. 2. disinfectant. 3. pesticide; insecticide; herbicide; fungicide. 4. (a) chemical preparation: boru açma ilacı preparation used to unclog pipes. 5. remedy. - dolabı medicine cabinet, medicine chest. - için colloq. (used with a negative verb to indicate a complete lack of something) not a single; not any: İlaç için istesen muz bulamazsın. You can´t find a banana for love or money. İlaç için olsun parası yok. He doesn´t have a penny to his name. - kılavuzu/kitabı pharmacopoeia. - yazmak to prescribe medicine."

"1. obstinacy, stubbornness; doggedness; pertinacity; mulishness; pigheadedness. 2. /a/ just to spite, just to defy (someone): Cesim´e inat ben oraya gitmem. Just to defy Cesim I shan´t go there. 3. colloq. obstinate, stubborn; dogged; pertinacious; mulish; pigheaded. -ı bırakmak to stop being stubborn. - etmek to be obstinate, be stubborn; to show doggedness; to show pertinacity; to be mulish; to be pigheaded. -ı inat extremely obstinate, very stubborn. -ım inat, adım Kel/Hacı Murat. colloq. He is/was as stubborn as a mule. -ını kırmak /ın/ to overcome (someone´s) stubbornness. - olsun diye /a/ just to spite, just to defy (someone). -ı tutmak to show one´s stubbornness, (for someone´s) stubbornness to come out."

1. who. 2. whoever. -in arabasına binerse onun türküsünü çağırır. colloq. He´s a self-seeking sycophant.... kim,... kim. shows a woeful lack of something: O kim, dürüstlük kim. He doesn´t have an honest bone in his body. O kim, öğretmenlik kim. He doesn´t know the first thing about teaching. - kime, dum duma. colloq. It´s so chaotic that nobody notices/cares what anybody else is doing. -i kimsesi /ın/ relatives. -e ne? What does it matter to anyone? -e niyet, kime kısmet. colloq. The person for whom something is intended may not always be the person who gets it in the end. - o? Who´s there?/Who is it? - olursa olsun. It doesn´t matter who he is!/There´ll be no exceptions! - oluyor! Just who does he think he is? - vurduya gitmek to be killed or wounded (in a brawl, riot, shoot-out) by an unknown hand.

"1. remark; word. 2. expression, utterance, statement. 3. empty words, hot air, nothing but talk. 4. conversation, talk. 5. the subject of a conversation. 6. What nonsense!/That´s bull! -ı ağzında gevelemek to talk around the subject; not to come out with what´s on one´s mind. -ı ağzından kaçırmak to let something slip, say something inadvertently, let the cat out of the bag. -ı ağzında kalmak to be unable to finish what one was saying; (for someone) suddenly to go silent. - altında kalmamak to give as good as one gets (in an argument). -ı ağzına tıkamak /ın/ to shut (someone) up. - anlamaz 1. thickheaded; stupid. 2. obstinate, muleheaded. - anlatmak /a/ to try to bring (someone) round (to one´s own point of view), try to make (someone) understand something. - aramızda.... colloq. This is just between you and me./Let´s keep this to ourselves./Entre nous. - atmak 1. /a/ to make a rude remark about (someone) within his hearing. 2. /a/ to make an improper innuendo or suggestion to (a woman one doesn´t know), proposition. 3. to have a chat. -ını/ -ınızı balla kestim. colloq. Excuse me for interrupting you. -ını bilmek to think before one opens one´s mouth, be careful about what one says. -a boğmak /ı/ to drown (a topic) in a flood of words. -ı çevirmek/değiştirmek to change the subject. - çıkmak for a rumor to start going around. -ı çiğnemek to beat around the bush. -a dalmak to become lost in conversation. - değil. colloq. It´s serious./This isn´t just idle talk. - dinlemek to heed what one is told; to act on someone´s advice. - dokundurmak /a/ to make wisecracks (about), make barbed remarks (about). - düşmemek /a/ 1. for there to be no need for (someone) to talk. 2. (for someone) not to get a chance to speak. - etmek 1. /ı/ to gossip about (something). 2. /la/ to talk (with), chat (with). -ını etmek /ın/ to talk about (something). -ın gümrüğünü vermek slang to start yakking again; to keep on yakking. - işitmek to get a dressing down. - kaldıramamak not to be able to take a joke, not to be able to take it. - kıtlığında asmalar budayayım. colloq. You´re talking nonsense! - körüğü windbag (person). - lafı açar. colloq. One topic leads to another. -ı mı olur? colloq. Don´t mention it!/It´s a pleasure! (said to someone for whom one has done or wishes to do a favor). - ola. colloq. What hogwash!/It´s just so much hot air! - olur. colloq. There´ll be gossip./It´ll set tongues wagging. - olsun diye (saying something) just to make conversation, merely for the sake of saying it. -la peynir gemisi yürümez. proverb Mere talk won´t get anything done. - söyledi balkabağı. colloq. You´re full of bull! -ını şaşırmak to be at a loss for words. - taşımak to retail gossip. -a tutmak /ı/ to engage (someone) in conversation (thus causing him to stop what he´d been doing). -ı uzatmak to take a long time explaining something. - ü güzaf see lafügüzaf. - yetiştirmek 1. to reply quickly and in kind, promptly to give as good as one gets. 2. /a/ (for a child) to talk back to, sass (an older person). - yok. /a/ colloq. There´s nothing wrong with...."

,-ti 1. curse, imprecation. 2. cursed, accursed, damned. - etmek/okumak /a/ to curse, damn. - olsun! God damn him/her/it!

1. good news, joyful tidings. 2. present given to someone who brings good news. M-!/-ler olsun! colloq. I´ve got some good news! - vermek /a/ to give (someone) a piece of good news.

"possible. - mertebe as... as possible; insofar as it´s possible: Mümkün mertebe çabuk gel. Come as quickly as you can. Çaylar mümkün mertebe sıcak olsun. Bring us tea that´s good and hot. - olmak to be possible. -ü yok. colloq. It´s impossible."

",-ti colloq. 1. cursed, damned. 2. damned thing; damned person. - olsun! God damn him/her/it!"

"1. How?/How...?: Nasılsınız? How are you? Oraya nasıl gittin? How did you go there? Kahven nasıl olsun? How do you want your coffee? (e.g. Black?/With sugar?). 2. What sort of...?: Nasıl bir kumaş o? What sort of cloth is it? 3. how much, how: O pırlantayı nasıl istiyor, bir bilsen! If only you knew how much she wants that diamond! 4. Did I hear you aright?/Are my ears deceiving me?: “Bu sözlük hiç bitmez.” “Nasıl?” “This dictionary will never be completed.” “Did I hear you aright?” 5. Just what do you mean? (said threateningly): “Ali okula gitmeyecekmiş.” “Nasıl gitmezmiş?” “It seems Ali won´t be going to school.” “Just what do you mean by that?” 6. just as..., so too...: Türkçeyi nasıl öğrendiysen Arapçayı da öyle öğrenebilirsin. You´ll learn Arabic the same way you learned Turkish. - ki just as..., so...: Nasıl ki ben acı çektim, sen de acı çekeceksin. Just as I suffered, so too will you. - olsa in any case; whether you want to or not, like it or not. - olup da...? How on earth...?/How could it be that...?: Nasıl olup da bunu duymadın? How could it be that you didn´t hear about this?"

Ah! (expression of delight or relief). - çekmek to rejoice over another´s misfortunes. - demek 1. to breathe a sigh of satisfaction. 2. to sit back and enjoy life, take it easy. - olsun! colloq. It serves him/her/you/them right!

"1. morning. 2. in the morning. -tan in the morning: Akşama hazır olmasını istersen sabahtan söylemen gerekir. If you want it to be ready by evening, you must order it in the morning. - akşam all the time. -ı bulmak/etmek to stay awake all night; to sit up all night; to work all night. -a çıkmak (for a sick person) to make it through the night, still to be alive when morning comes. -a doğru/karşı towards morning. -lar hayrolsun! Good morning! - kahvaltısı breakfast. -ın köründe at the crack of dawn. - ola, hayır ola. 1. Let´s wait and see how things are in the morning (said in the hope that things will be better by morning). 2. It´s better to do things in the morning, when one is fresh and rested. - namazı the morning namaz (the first namaz of the day). - oldu. Morning´s come./Morning´s broken./It´s morning. - sabah in the morning (as opposed to any other time). -ı şerifler/şerifleri/şerifiniz hayırlı olsun! Good morning! - yıldızı the morning star, Venus."

"1. freedom from worry, untroubledness, ease. 2. pleasure; delight. 3. party, entertainment; pleasure outing. - bulduk! Thank you! (said in reply to the greeting Safa geldiniz!). - geldiniz! Welcome! (said to an arriving guest). - geldine gitmek /a/ to visit (someone) in order to welcome him to one´s neighborhood or to welcome him back from a trip. -lar olsun! Enjoy yourself/yourselves!/Have fun! - pezevengi slang pleasure-seeker, good-time Charlie. - sürmek to have a good time, enjoy oneself. -sını sürmek /ın/ to enjoy (something) to the utmost."

good health, health. -ında /ın/ while someone is/was alive. - bilgisi hygiene. - görevlisi government health official. - ocağı village clinic. - olsun! colloq. Never mind./It´s all right./Don´t worry about it. - raporu health report. - sigortası health insurance. S- ve Sosyal Yardım Bakanı Minister of Health and Social Services. S- ve Sosyal Yardım Bakanlığı the Ministry of Health and Social Services. - yoklaması general medical check-up, physical examination, physical.

,-ti 1. health. 2. correctness, soundness. -te bulunmak to be in good health. -ler olsun! I hope it does you good!/I hope you enjoy it! (said to someone who has just had a bath, haircut, or shave).

"1. frying pan, skillet, frypan; spider, castiron frying pan. 2. fried (food): patates tavası French fries, Brit. chips. Benim palamut tava olsun. I want my bonito fried. 3. popcorn popper or coffee roaster (long-handled implement used for popping corn or roasting coffee beans over the coals of a fire). 4. ladle (in which a metal is melted). 5. trough (in which lime is slaked). 6. salt pan (depression from which salt is obtained by natural evaporation). 7. bed (for young plants in a nursery). 8. naut. platform at the foot of an accommodation ladder."

"1. earth, soil; dirt. 2. land. 3. elec. ground, Brit. earth. 4. earthen, earthenware, made of clay. 5. unpaved, dirt (road). 6. slang heroin, skag. -ına ağır gelmesin. I don´t like to speak ill of the dead, but... (said when one is about to say something uncomplimentary about a dead person). - aşınması geol. soil erosion. - atmak to move earth. -a bakmak to be nearing death, be at death´s door, have one foot in the grave. -ı bol olsun. May he rest in peace (said of a non-Muslim). - çekmek to haul earth (from one place to another). -ı çekmek /ı, ın/ for the earth (of a place not one´s home) to call (one) to it (said of someone who has died and been buried in a place he was only visiting temporarily). - doyursun gözünü. Nothing on earth can satisfy you!/Your greed is insatiable! -a düşmek (for a dead person) to be buried. -a girmek to be dead and buried. - işi earthenware. - kayması landslide, slump. T- Mahsulleri Ofisi the Agricultural Products Bureau (a government agency). - makinesi earthmover. - reformu land reform. - rengi 1. earth color. 2. earth-colored. - sahibi landowner. -a verilmek to be buried. -a vermek /ı/ to bury (a dead person). "