may day

May Day

"1. Allah, God. 2. How wonderful! Really! -ım! My God! -tan 1. luckily, fortunately. 2. from birth. - acısın. May God have pity on him./Only God can help him. - (acısını) unutturmasın. May God spare you from a greater sorrow (said when one is subjected to a great loss or grief). - adamı man of God. - akıllar/akıl fikir versin. colloq. Where is your good sense? l am surprised at you/him. -ü âlem 1. probably. 2. maybe. 3. God knows. - Allah! 1. colloq. Goodness gracious!/How strange! 2. a Turkish battle cry. - aratmasın. May God spare you from having to get along without what you now have (said when one is discontented). - artırsın. May God grant you prosperity. - aşkına! colloq. 1. For heaven´s sake. l beg you. 2. How wonderful! - bağışlasın. God bless him/her (a child, a loved one, etc.). - bana, ben de sana. colloq. I´ll pay you my debt when l can get some money. -ın belası 1. nuisance, pest. 2. pestiferous, pesky. - belanı versin/vermesin. colloq. God damn you! - belasını versin. colloq. Damn him! - beterinden esirgesin/saklasın. May God protect you/him from worse trouble. - bilir. colloq. Only God knows./It´s hard to say. - bilir.... It seems to me.... -ın bildiğini kuldan ne saklayayım? colloq. What´s the use of making a secret of it? -a bin şükür. Thank God. -ın binasını yıkmak to commit murder or suicide. - bir! By the one God! -a bir can borcu var. colloq. He has nothing so he has no scruples. - bir dediğinden başka/gayri sözüne inanılmaz. colloq. He is a habitual liar. - bir, söz bir. colloq. I give my word on it. - bir yastıkta kocatsın. May you have a happy life together (said to a newly married couple). -tan bulmak to get one´s just deserts from God. -ından bulsun. colloq. Let God punish him. - büyüktür. 1. Some day God will right the wrong that has been done to us. 2. God is sure to punish him some day for what he has done. - canını alsın/almasın. colloq. God damn you. - cezanı versin/vermesin. colloq. God damn you. -ın cezası damn, damned. -ı çok, insanı az bir yer a deserted place. - derim. colloq. All l can say is “O God.” - dört gözden ayırmasın. /ı/ May God save (this child) from being an orphan. - düşmanıma vermesin. colloq. I wouldn´t wish it on my worst enemy. - ecir sabır versin. May God give you/him patience (said in condolence). - eksik etmesin. May we not suffer his loss. I am very grateful for what he has done. - eksikliğini göstermesin. I am grateful for it anyway. -a emanet. May God protect him. -a emanet etmek /ı/ to leave the rest to God (said after sending off someone one has nurtured or a work one has prepared). -a emanet olun. Good-bye (said by one who is leaving). - emeklerini eline vermesin. May you enjoy the fruit of your labor. -ın emri, Peygamberin kavliyle according to the command of God and the word of the Prophet (said in asking a family for their daughter as a bride). - esirgesin/saklasın. God forbid. - etmesin. God forbid. - evi place of worship. -ın evi the heart of man. - gani gani rahmet eylesin. May God have abundant mercy upon him (said for a dead person). -ın gazabı a scourge of God. - gecinden versin. May God ordain it to be late (used when mentioning death). - göstermesin! colloq. God forbid! -ın günü every single day, every darn day (said in exasperation or impatience). - hakkı için in God´s name. -a havale etmek /ı/ to leave (punishment, revenge) to God. - hayırlı etsin. May God turn it to good. - herkesin gönlüne göre versin. May God grant the wishes of everyone. -ın hikmeti something incredible, something extraordinary, something miraculous. -ın hikmeti! colloq. Incredible!/Extraordinary!/God be praised!/It´s a miracle! - hoşnut olsun. God bless you (for your kindness to me). - ıslah etsin. May God mend his ways. -a ısmarladık. Good-bye (said by the person leaving). - için truly, to be fair. - imdat eylesin. colloq. May God help you. - (seni) inandırsın.... Believe me.... - isterse if possible, if

"1. such and such a, a given (day, time): mayıs ayının filanıncı gününde on a given day in May. 2. someone who occupies a given numerical position; something which occupies a given numerical position."

"1. to laugh. 2. to be happy, experience happiness. 3. to have a good time, have fun. 4. /a/ to laugh at, make fun of. 5. /a/ to smile on. Gülerim!/Güleyim bari! Oh really?/How interesting! (sarcastic way of showing disbelief). -ten bayılmak to faint with laughter. -ten çatlamak to split one´s sides laughing. gülüp geçmek /a/ to find (something) too ridiculous to bother about. Güle güle! 1. Good-bye! (said by the one who is staying to the one who is leaving). 2. Good luck! Güle güle gidin(iz). Have a good trip! Güle güle giyin(iz). Enjoy wearing it! (said upon seeing someone wearing a new piece of clothing). Güle güle kirlenin(iz). (said when greeting someone who´s just had a bath). Güle güle kullanın(ız). Enjoy it! (said to someone who´s recently acquired something). Gülerken ısırır. colloq. He may play you false while appearing friendly. -ten kırılmak/katılmak to be doubled up with laughter. Gülme komşuna, gelir başına. proverb Don´t laugh at another´s misfortune; it may happen to you one day. Güler misin, ağlar mısın! colloq. I don´t know whether to laugh or to cry. gülüp oynamak/söylemek to have a good time. güle oynaya joyously, merrily. güler yüz affability, complaisance, pleasant disposition, warmth, cordiality. güler yüz göstermek /a/ to show warm feelings towards (someone), show (someone) cordiality. güler yüzlü affable, complaisant, pleasant, warm, cordial."

1. Come on now!: Ha gayret! Come on!/You can do it! 2. Wow...!/What a...!: Amma büyük ha! What a big one! 3. Look here!: Sakın ha, bir daha görmeyeyim! Look here! Don´t let me see that again! 4. O yes!/Oh yeah!/ I see!: Ha, sen bize çay getirecektin! Oh yeah!/You were going to bring us some tea. 5. colloq. Eh?/Huh? 6. either, or. 7. impolite Yes. 8. (between repetitions of a verb) on and on. - babam!/- babam ha! colloq. 1. Try now! A little more!/Keep on! 2. continuously, on and on. - bire without ever stopping, all the time. - bugün, ha yarın at any time, any day. - deyince at once, that moment. -..., ha... nearly, almost: Ha düştü, ha düşecek. He is about to fall./He may fall at any moment. - Hoca Ali, ha Ali Hoca./- Ali Hoca, ha Hoca Ali. There is really nothing to choose between. - şöyle! colloq. That´s better!/That´s right! - şunu bileydin. colloq. Now you´ve got it!/Finally you understand!

"every, each. - an at any moment. - aşın kaşığı busybody, meddler, interloper. - bakımdan in every respect. - bir each, every single. - biri each one, every one (of). - biri başka bir hava çalmak for everyone (in a group) to behave and think differently from everyone else (in that group); for everyone to have a different opinion. - boyayı boyadık da fıstıki mi kaldı? colloq. Even though we´ve yet to do the fundamental things, you´re already talking about the finishing touches. - boyaya girip çıkmak colloq. to have worked at many different jobs. - daim always. - defa/defasında each time. - dem always. - dem taze 1. young-looking, vigorous for his/her age. 2. evergreen (plant). - derde deva cure-all, panacea. - durumda no matter what, in any case. - gördüğü sakallıyı babası sanmak colloq. to be easily fooled by appearances. - gün every day. - güzelin bir kusuru/huyu vardır. proverb Even the most attractive people and things have their drawbacks. - hal see herhalde. - halde see herhalde. - halü kârda see herhalükârda. - havadan çalmak 1. to be versatile. 2. to claim to be knowledgeable about many different things. - horoz kendi çöplüğünde/küllüğünde öter/eşinir. proverb A person will lay down the law on the turf that is his/her own. - hususta in all respects, from all points of view, in every way. - ihtimale karşı keeping every possibility in mind; just in case. - işe burnunu sokmak to poke one´s nose into everything. - işin başı sağlık. proverb The success of a project is greatly dependent on the good health of those involved in it. - işte bir hayır vardır. proverb Everything we experience in life has its positive side. - kafadan bir ses çıkmak for everyone to be talking all at once. - kim whoever. - kim olursa olsun no matter who it is, whoever it may be. - koyun kendi bacağından asılır. proverb The trouble people get themselves into is usually of their own making. - kuşun eti yenmez. proverb Not every person will bend to your will. - nasılsa somehow or other. - ne whatever. - nedense somehow, for some reason or other. - ne hal ise anyhow, anyway. - ne ise 1. so anyhow. 2. whatever the cost. 3. Anyway,.../Let´s forget it. - ne kadar although, however much. - ne pahasına olursa olsun at any cost. - nerede wherever. - ne zaman whenever. - şey everything. - şeye burnunu sokmak to poke one´s nose into everything. - tarafta all around, everywhere, on all sides. - taraftan from everywhere. - tarakta bezi olmak to have a finger in every pie. - tarladan bir kesek random talk. - telden çalmak 1. to be versatile. 2. to claim to be knowledgeable about many different things. - yerde everywhere. - yiğidin bir yoğurt yiyişi vardır. proverb Everybody cherishes his own way of doing things. - yiğidin gönlünde bir aslan yatar. proverb Everybody cherishes an ambition. - yokuşun bir inişi, her inişin bir yokuşu vardır. proverb All problems eventually get worked out. - zaman always."

Islamic law man who marries a divorced woman on the understanding that he will divorce her the following day so that she may then remarry her previous husband from whom she has been divorced three times in succession.

",-kı 1. forty. 2. very many; far too many. - anahtar sahibi/- anahtarlı man of property; very rich person. - bir buçuk maşallah!/- bir kere maşallah! colloq. May no harm befall him/her/it! -ı çıkmak /ın/ for forty days to have passed (after a woman has given birth/after a baby has been born/after someone has died). -/bin dereden su getirmek to find all kinds of excuses. - evin kedisi person who is always in and out of other people´s houses. - ikindi afternoon rains (which continue about forty days in certain regions of Anatolia). - kapının ipini çekmek to go to or apply to many places. -ları karışmak to be born with-in the same forty-day period. -ından sonra azanı teneşir paklar./-ından sonra azana çare bulunmaz. proverb If a middle-aged man starts acting like a randy young buck, it won´t be long until he kicks the bucket. -ından sonra azmak to start behaving like a randy young buck after one has reached middle age. -ından sonra saz çalmak to take up something rather late in life. -/her tarakta bezi olmak to have one´s finger in many pies; to be involved in many different things. - yılın başı/başında/- yılda bir very seldom, once in a blue moon. - yıllık Kâni, olur mu Yani? proverb Can a leopard change its spots?"

"1. That´s okay./I don´t care. 2. Be that as it may;.... 3. if only...: Bir gün olsun kal, ne olur? Please stay, even if it´s only for one day!... -... olsun both... and...; whether... or...: Büyük olsun küçük olsun her boy ayakkabımız var. We´ve got shoes in every size, both big and small. Eski olsun yeni olsun orası beni ilgilendirmez. I don´t care whether it´s old or new."