Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Turkish Vocab (posted 10/29; updated 11/19)

Here is a list of most of the Turkish words I have learned so far, not in any particular order. I may know/learn some more, and I will update this periodically, just like the halal food response in sha Allah. We will start with 100 and work our way up. I am still working on the 100 most useful words though (http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/details/LanguageGuide/100words_lessons/100Words_01.html).

Quite a few are the same in Urdu, Farsi, Arabic, or English.


  1. Merhaba (hello)
  2. Günaydın (good day/good morning)
  3. İyi (good)
  4. İyi akşamlar (good evening)
  5. Akşam (evening)
  6. Gün (day)
  7. İyi geceler (good night)
  8. Nasılsınız?(how are you)
  9. İyiyim (I am fine)
  10. Teşekkür (thank you)
  11. Teşekkürler (thanks)
  12. Evet (yes)
  13. Hayır (no)
  14. Lütfen (please)
  15. Buyurun (come eat)
  16. Arkadaş (friend)
  17. Kim? (who?)
  18. Ne? (what?)
  19. Nasil? (how?)
  20. Zaman (time)
  21. Zemin (ground)
  22. Bu ne? (what is this?)
  23. Büyük (big)
  24. Küçük (small)
  25. Orta (medium)
  26. Boy (size)
  27. Var (there is)
  28. Yok (there is not)
  29. Ve (and)
  30. Veye (or)
  31. Otogar (bus station)
  32. Camii/mescid (mosque)
  33. Tuvalet (bathroom)
  34. Postane (post office)
  35. Daire (apartment)
  36. Rental (kiralık)
  37. Kefil (guarantor)
  38. Hamam (Turkish bath)
  39. Sabun (soap)
  40. Sebze (vegetable)
  41. Çay (tea)
  42. Su (water)
  43. Cadde (big road)
  44. Sokak (little road)
  45. Otobüs (bus)
  46. Hafta (week)
  47. Pazar (Sunday)
  48. Pazartesi (Monday)
  49. Cuma (Friday)
  50. Cumartesi (Saturday)
  51. Şubat (February)
  52. Eylül (September)
  53. Ekim (October)
  54. Sifir (zero)
  55. Bir (one)
  56. İki (two)
  57. Üç (three)
  58. Dört (four)
  59. Beş (five)
  60. Alti (six)
  61. Yedi (seven)
  62. Sekiz (eight)
  63. Dokuz (nine)
  64. On (ten)
  65. On bir (eleven)
  66. Yirmi (twenty)
  67. Milyon (million)
  68. Milyar (billion)
  69. Meyve (fruit)
  70. İçecek (drink)
  71. Patates (potato)
  72. Süt (milk)
  73. Ayran (yogurt drink)
  74. Peynir (cheese)
  75. Ekmek (bread)
  76. Erkek (man)
  77. Bay (gentleman, sir, or Mr.)
  78. Bayram (holiday)
  79. Menü (combo, as well as menu)
  80. Alışveriş merkezi (shopping mall)
  81. Kahve (coffee)
  82. Suyu (juice)
  83. Elma (apple)
  84. Enerji (energy)
  85. Saat (hour or time)
  86. Dakika (minute)
  87. Genel (general)
  88. Müdür (manager/director)
  89. Genel müdür (general manager/boss)
  90. Ziraat (agriculture)
  91. Gazoz (pop/soda)
  92. -Li or –lu (with)
  93. Hava (air/weather)
  94. Kuaför (barbershop/hair salon)
  95. Deniz (sea)
  96. Ak (white/pure)
  97. Saray (palace)
  98. Ticaret (business)
  99. Sanayi (industry)
  100. Çok (a lot)
  101. Altmış (sixty)
  102. Elli (fifty)
  103. Kırk (forty)
  104. Hastane (hospital)
  105. Ne kadar? (how much?)
  106. Tamam (okay)
  107. Yüz (hundred)
  108. Saniye (a second)
  109. Bayan (woman/lady)
  110. Makbuz (receipt)
  111. Fatura (bill)
  112. Vişne (cherry)
  113. Şeftali (peach)
  114. Limon (lemon)
  115. Tuz (salt)
  116. …nerede? (where is?)
  117. Mecburi (mandatory)
  118. Cumhuriyet (republic)
  119. Anne (mother)
  120. Giz (secret, mystery)
  121. Saat kaç (what time is it?)
  122. Kasım (November)
  123. Her (every)
  124. Yeni (new)
  125. Domates (tomato)

Words 101-125 (italicized) were added on 11/19 - three weeks after the original post. I'm averaging over a word a day alhamdulillah, not bad.

2 comments:

Maryam said...

that's impressive!!

Safi said...

what about oldo (okay)