by+himself

himself, with his own hand

"1. Satan, the Devil, Sheitan, Shaitan. 2. devil, fiend, demon. 3. crafty and malevolent person. 4. clever and mischievous child. 5. crafty and malevolent (person). 6. clever and mischievous (child). - aldatmak 1. to yield to the devil in one, let the devil get the better of one, yield to temptation. 2. to have a wet dream. -ın art ayağı little devil, clever and mischievous child. -ın ayağını/bacağını kırmak finally to begin to do something after numerous delays, get the show on the road at last. - azapta gerek. colloq. It serves him right./His chickens have come home to roost. - bacaklı colloq. short-legged. -a çarık giydirmek to be smart enough to outwit the devil himself. - çekici little devil, clever, agile, and mischievous child. - diyor ki.... The devil in me tells me to (do something I know I shouldn´t do). - dürtmek /ı/ for the devil suddenly to catch one unawares and make one do something one shouldn´t. -ı eşeğe ters bindirmek to be devilishly clever, be smart enough to outwit the devil himself. - feneri Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern (a paper lantern). - gibi very clever (person). - görsün yüzünü. colloq. He can go to the devil for all I care; I don´t want to see him. -ın işi yok. colloq. The devil had nothing to do with it; it´s just a case of sheer bad luck. - kösteği a hobble. - kulağına kurşun! Knock on wood! (said when speaking of something that´s going well). -a külahı/pabucu ters giydirmek to be clever enough to outwit the devil himself. -a parmak ısırtmak to outdo the devil himself in wickedness. - şeytan devilishly; very mischievously. - taşlamak to stone the Devil (done at Mecca by pilgrims as a part of the hajj). -ları tepesine çıkmak /ın/ to get very angry. - tüyü a certain something about someone that makes him/her irresistibly attractive. - uçurtması a small paper kite. -a uymak to let the devil get the better of one, yield to temptation. -ın yattığı yeri bilmek 1. to know some astounding things. 2. to be exceedingly clever and alert."

"1. self, oneself. 2. own. 3. he; she. 4. in person. -leri 1. themselves. 2. he; she. -m myself. -minki mine. -miz ourselves. -si 1. herself; himself. 2. he; she. -ni ağır satmak to agree to something only after repeated requests. - ağzıyla tutulmak to be proved a liar by one´s own words. -ni alamamak /dan/ not to be able to refrain from, be unable to stop oneself from. - âleminde olmak to keep to oneself; to live in a world of one´s own. -ni alıştırmak /a/ to make oneself get used to. -ni ateşe atmak to court trouble. -ni atmak /a/ to go immediately to, rush to (a place). -ne bağlamak /ı/ to captivate. - başına 1. of one´s own accord. 2. without anyone´s help, single-handedly. -ni beğenmek to be conceited. -ni beğenmiş conceited, arrogant. -ni bırakmak to neglect oneself, let oneself go. -ni bilen/bilir upright and honorable (person). -ni bilmek 1. to be in one´s right mind. 2. to comport oneself properly. 3. (for a person) to have grown up, have reached maturity. -ni bir şey sanmak to give oneself airs, think one is something. -ni (bir yerde) bulmak to find that one has arrived at (a place). -ni bulmak to develop a personality of one´s own. - çalıp kendi oynuyor. colloq. He makes a big fuss about something, but when people want to help him he spurns their aid. - çapında according to his own standards, according to his own way of thinking. -ne çeki düzen vermek 1. to tidy oneself up. 2. to put one´s life and affairs in order. - çıkarı için for his own benefit. -ni dar atmak /a/ to manage to reach (a place) in the nick of time. - derdine düşmek to be completely taken up with one´s own troubles. -ni dev aynasında görmek to overrate oneself vastly. -ni dinlemek to be a hypochondriac. -ni dirhem dirhem satmak to make a great show of reluctance. - düşen ağlamaz. proverb If you get yourself into trouble then you´ve no right to complain. - eliyle himself, with his own hand. -ne etmek to harm oneself. -ni fasulye gibi nimetten saymak to overrate oneself vastly. -nden geçme psych. trance. -nden geçmek 1. to be transported by joy, be ecstatic. 2. to faint. -ne gel. colloq. 1. Come to your senses! 2. Pull yourself together! - gelen that comes one´s way by chance. -ne gelmek 1. to regain consciousness, come to. 2. to pull oneself together, regain one´s self-control. - göbeğini kendi kesmek colloq. to do it all on one´s own, do it without getting help from anybody. -ni göstermek to prove one´s worth. - gözündeki merteği görmez, elin gözündeki çöpü görür. colloq. He doesn´t see the beam in his own eye, but he sees the mote in the eye of another person. -ne güvenme self-confidence, self-reliance. - halinde 1. quiet and innoffensive, innocuous (person). 2. simple-minded. - haline bırakmak /ı/ to leave (someone) to his own devices; to let (a thing) take care of itself. - havasına gitmek/- havasında olmak to do what strikes one´s fancy. -ni hissettirmek to make one´s/its presence felt. -ni iyice vermek /a/ to concentrate (on). -ni kapıp koyuvermek 1. to cease to take an interest in oneself, let oneself go. 2. /a/ to lose oneself in (a project). -ni kaptırmak /a/ 1. to let oneself get carried away (by). 2. to become wholly absorbed in. -ni kaybetmek 1. to lose consciousness. 2. to go into a towering rage. - kendine 1. on one´s own responsibility; of one´s own accord. 2. alone, by oneself, without help. 3. to oneself. 4. theat. as an aside. - kendine gelin güvey olmak to count one´s chickens before they´re hatched, build castles in Spain. - kendini yemek to eat one´s heart out, worry oneself to death. - kendine yeterli self-reliant and self-sufficient. -ne kıymak to commit suicide. - kuyusunu kendi kazmak to dig one´s own grave, be the cause of one´s own downfall. -si muhtac-ı himmet bir dede. (Nerde kaldı geriye himmet ede.) colloq. You can´t expect any help from him since he´s in need of help himself. -ni naza çekmek to make a great show of reluctance. -nde olmamak not to kno

pron. oneself, herself, himself, itself, he who, he, her

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"1. father. 2. title applied to a holy man or to a respected elderly man: İsmet baba, Hakkı baba, Telli baba. 3. the leader of a group of dervishes; the head of a tekke (among the Bektashi dervishes). 4. bollard; bitt. 5. newel-post, newel (large post at the foot or landing of a stairway). 6. king post; crown post; queen post (in the truss of a roof). 7. head (of a walking stick). 8. colloq. mafia chief, mafia boss. 9. slang penis, *dick, *cock, *pecker. -m colloq. 1. a vocative expression used after an imperative when addressing an intimate friend: Anlat babam, ne oldu? Now tell me what happened man! 2. used before and after an imperative to emphasize that an action was prolonged: Oku babam oku! Read, read, read! - adam elderly man who is wise and kind. - bucağı family home, homeplace. -sının/-larının çiftliği a place which one can exploit at will, one´s private preserve: Orası babasının çiftliği mi? Is that a place which he can just exploit at will? - değil, tırabzan babası man who is a poor excuse for a father. - dostu an old friend of one´s father. - evi 1. home, the place on which one´s familial affections are centered. 2. family home, homeplace. -sının hayrına for the sheer love of it, without thinking of getting something out of it: Demirhan, o heyette babasının hayrına mı çalışıyor sanki? Mutlaka bir menfaat peşindedir! Do you think Demirhan´s serving on that committee for the sheer love of it? He´s most certainly hoping to reap some benefit for himself! Ona babasının hayrına iş vermezler elbet. You can be sure they aren´t going to give him a job just to show they´re nice guys. - hindi turkey-cock, gobbler. - hindi gibi kabarmak to become swelled up with self-importance, swell up with pride and arrogance, puff oneself up. -dan kalma inherited from one´s father: Babadan kalma bir evi var. He has a house which he inherited from his father. - ocağı see - evi. -dan oğula from father to son. -sının oğlu. colloq. Like father, like son. -na rahmet! colloq. You are very kind indeed! -sına rahmet okumak /ın/ (for someone) to be so wonderful he/she makes you want to bless the father that begot him/her. -sına rahmet okutmak /ın/ 1. (for someone, something) to be so bad that he/she/it makes one yearn for (someone or something else who/which is in himself/herself/itself undesirable): Fecri bir felaketti, fakat Feyman, Fecri´nin babasına rahmet okutuyor. Fecri was a disaster, but Feyman is so awful he makes us yearn to have Fecri back again. 2. (for someone) to be so wonderful he/she makes you want to bless the father that begot him/her. - tarafından paternally. - torik 1. bonito which has reached a large size. 2. slang penis, *dick, *cock, *pecker. -ları/-sı tutmak 1. to become enraged, have a conniption, have a conniption fit. 2. to shake or move about convulsively (as if one is having a fit). -ları üstünde olmak to be ready to explode (with rage). - yurdu see - evi."

"1. soul. 2. life. 3. person, individual. 4. energy, zeal, vigor; vitality, strength. 5. dervish orders brother, friend; disciple. 6. dear, lovable. -ım 1. darling, honey, my dear. 2. my dear fellow; my dear lady (often used in reproach or objection). 3. precious, lovely. -ı acımak to feel pain. -ına acımamak to live without thinking of one´s own comfort. - acısı acute pain. -ını acıtmak /ın/ to cause (someone) acute pain. -ı ağzına gelmek to be frightened to death. - alacak nokta/yer the crucial point. - alıp can vermek to be in agony; to be in great distress. -ını almak /ın/ to kill. - arkadaşı close companion, intimate friend. - atmak /a/ to desire strongly, want badly. -ını bağışlamak /ın/ to spare (someone´s) life. - baş üstüne! I´ll do it gladly!/Gladly! -la başla çalışmak to put one´s heart into a job, work with determination and enthusiasm. - benim canım, çıksın elin canı. colloq. I´ll look out for number one. - beslemek to feed oneself well. -ından bezmek/bıkmak/usanmak to be tired of living. - boğazdan gelir/geçer. proverb One cannot live without food. - borcunu ödemek to die. -ı burnuna gelmek 1. to be overwhelmed with trouble. 2. to be fed up. -ı burnunda olmak to be worn out, be exhausted. - cana, baş başa everyone for himself. -a can katmak to delight greatly, increase one´s pleasure. -ı cehenneme! To hell with him! -ını cehenneme göndermek /ın/ colloq. to kill. -ım ciğerim my darling. - çabası the struggle to support oneself. -ı çekilmek to feel exhausted. - çekişmek to be dying in agony. -ı/gönlü çekmek /ı/ to long (for). -ını çıkarmak /ın/ 1. to wear out, tire. 2. to wear (something) out. -ı çıkasıca/çıksın! May the devil take him! -ı çıkmak 1. to die. 2. to get very tired. 3. to get worn out. - çıkmayınca/çıkmadıkça/çıkar huy çıkmaz. proverb People never change. - damarı vital point, most sensitive spot. - damarına basmak /ın/ to touch on the most sensitive spot of (someone, something). -ını (bir yere) dar atmak just barely to make it to (a safe place). - dayanmamak /a/ to be intolerable. -ına değmek /ın/ 1. to please greatly. 2. to cause joy to the spirit (of a deceased person). - derdine düşmek to struggle for one´s life. “-ım” dese “canın çıksın” diyor sanmak to hear “darling” and understand “damn you.” - direği sound post (of a violin). -ını dişine takmak to make a great effort, put one´s back into it, go all out, give it one´s all. - dostu dear friend. -ına düşkün (one) who takes good care of himself. - düşmanı mortal enemy. - evi 1. the upper part of the belly. 2. heart. 3. the vital spot. - evinden vurmak /ı/ to attack (a person) where he is most sensitive and vulnerable. -ına ezan okumak /ın/ slang to kill, destroy. - feda! Wonderful!/Superb! -dan geçmek to give up the ghost. -ına geçmek/ işlemek/kâr etmek /ın/ to touch (someone) to the quick. - gelmek /a/ to be refreshed, revive. -ı gelip gitmek to have fainting spells. -ı gitmek to worry about the safety and well-being of someone or something. - halatı naut. life line. - havliyle in a desperate attempt to save one´s life. -ımın içi my darling. -ının içine sokacağı gelmek /ı/ to feel a strong wave of love (for). -ı ile oynamak to do dangerous things. -ı istemek /ı/ to desire. -ın isterse. If you like./I don´t care. - kalmamak /da/ to have all the life drained out (of). -a kasıt law intent to murder. -ına kastetmek /ın/ to plot against (someone´s) life. - kaygısına düşmek to fight for one´s life. -ına kıymak 1. /ın/ to kill without pity. 2. to commit suicide. 3. to wear oneself out. - korkusu fear of death. - kulağı ile dinlemek to be all ears; /ı/ to listen intently (to). - kurban! colloq. How wonderful! -ını kurtarmak 1. to save one´s life. 2. /ın/ to save (someone´s) life. - kurtaran yok mu! Help!/Save me! -ına/-ıma minnet! colloq. What more could one want!/So much the better! -ına okumak /ın/ 1. to harass. 2. to destroy, ruin. - pahasına at the risk of one´s life, a

1. repeated Both... and...: Hem Sabahat, hem Nebahat geldiler. Both Sabahat and Nebahat came. Hem televizyon seyrediyor, hem de mektup yazıyor. He´s watching television and writing a letter at the same time. 2. And furthermore..., Moreover..., Indeed..., Besides...,... to boot, And what´s more,...: Odadan çıktı, hem gülümseyerek çıktı. She went out of the room, and with a smile on her face to boot. Hem seninle ilgisi yok. And what´s more, it has nothing to do with you. Bu hamam sıcak, hem ne sıcak! This bath is hot, and I do mean hot! - ağlarım, hem giderim. She is both happy and sad (said of a girl on her wedding day). - de nasıl! 1. Very!/Extremely!/And how! (said in reply to a question): “Behiye güzel mi?” “Hem de nasıl!” “Is Behiye beautiful?” “Very!” 2. You said it!/You can say that again!: “Bu bayağı zor bir iş!” “Hem de nasıl!” “This is a pretty hard job!” “You said it!” - İsa´yı hem de Musa´yı memnun etmek colloq. to try to meet conflicting demands at the same time. - kaçar, hem davul çalar. colloq. He seems to shrink from doing it, yet in the end he does it all the same. - kel, hem fodul. colloq. Although he makes great claims for himself, he is incompetent. - nalına, hem mıhına vurmak to speak in favor of both sides of a matter. - suçlu, hem güçlü. colloq. He´s guilty himself, yet he acts innocent and doesn´t hesitate to impugn others. - şamdan paklandı, hem pilav yağlandı. colloq. We´ve killed two birds with one stone. - ziyaret, hem ticaret. colloq. It´s a combination of business and pleasure.

slang 1. stuck-up, pleased with himself, vain. 2. (man) who interprets all remarks as referring to himself.

1. cocksure, very sure of himself, assertive. 2. pretentious, (someone) who makes great claims for himself. 3. (something) about which both sides are making great claims.

1. examination, exam, test. 2. test, trial, putting (someone) to the test. -a çekmek /ı/ to test (someone´s) knowledge, put (someone) to the lest. - etmek /ı/ to test, give (someone) an examination. - olmak to take a test, have an exam. -a sokmak /ı/ to have (someone) take a test. - vermek (for someone) to acquit himself/herself well, give a good account of himself/herself. -ı vermek to pass, get a passing grade (on a test).

1. /ı/ to cause (someone) to shake himself. 2. /ı, dan/ to cause (someone) to rid himself of (something). 3. /ı/ to bring (someone) to with a start.

1. rat. 2. mouse. 3. slang grocer. - deliğine paha biçilmez olmak to be unable to find a hiding place. - deliğe sığmamış, bir de kuyruğuna kabak bağlamış. colloq. 1. He himself is unwelcome, and then he ups and brings along a friend. 2. He can´t do the job he has in hand, and now he´s taken on another job. 3. He´s taken somebody under his wing, even though he himself is someone else´s dependent. -a dönmek to get soaked to the skin. - düşse başı yarılır. colloq. There´s not a crumb/drop left in the pantry/barrel. - olmadan çuval delmek to try to do advanced work while still a learner.

1. (someone) who shuns the world and its pleasures to devote himself to worship and pious works, ascetic. 2. person who shuns the world and its pleasures to devote himself to worship and pious works, (an) ascetic.

adj. respective

adv. of one's own

n. self

pref. auto

pron. own, self, herself, him, himself, its, itself, oneself

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he let himself go, she let herself go

adv. personally, in person

pron. myself, itself, himself, herself

n. judas tree, redbud, tree that is native to North America and Eurasia and blossoms with pink bud-like flowers before the rounded leaves appear in the spring (believed to be the type of tree opon which Judas Iscariot hanged himself)