A
listing of
The
Common Words and Expressions in Greek and Turkish
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Greek
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Turkish
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Explanation
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English
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ade vre
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hayda bre
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an
exclamation phrase
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afendis
(afendiko)
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efendi
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gr: only 'master' (exists also as
afendiko) tr: multiple use
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master,
gentleman
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agaria
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angarya
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extra
& unpleasant work one has to do
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agginara
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enginar
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artichoke
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alana
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alan
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field,
square
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aman!
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aman!
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exclamation word
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oh-no',
or well there's no equvalent I think- of this 'aman aman'
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amane/amanes/mane
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mani
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gr: mania+eros => maneros >
manero > mane
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a kind of
song
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anihtiri
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aCmak
/anahtar?
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speculartion: maybe where
'anahtar' ('key' in turkish) word comes from
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to open
in gr, key in tr
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arabas
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araba
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car
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argo
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argo
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slang
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aroma
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aroma
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Foreign origin
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aroma
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asanser
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asansör
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Foreign origin
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elevator
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asiklik
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aSIklIk
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gr: as in 'asik atmak'- to rebel
somebody/something stronger tr: to be in love (and absentminded because of
this)-- ask: love asik: sne who's in love asliklik: the case of being in love
-- but "asik" used to be name for 'marbles' and "asik atmak"
(to throw marbles) implies to compete with the other.
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to
compete with sne, useless heroistic behavior
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asuredes(plural)
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aSure
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a mixed
friut&nut desert
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ati
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at
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horse
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atzem-pilafi
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acem
pilavI
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a kind of
cooked rice
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avanta
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avanta
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sth for
free
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avli
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avlu
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yard
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babas
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baba
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father
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bagazi
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bagaj
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foreign origin
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baggage
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Baglamas
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baGlama
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tr: baGlamak: to tie, baGlama,
nominative of "baGla mak".
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a
regional musical instrument
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baharika,
bahariko
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bahar,
baharat
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spice
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bahtse
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bahCe
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garden,
yard
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bairaki
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bayrak
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flag
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bakalis
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bakkal
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shop/shop-keeper
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bakirtzis
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bakIrcI
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tr: bakir=copper, -ci: turkish
ending for making professions
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the men
who works with copper
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baklava/baklavas
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baklava
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a kind of
very sweet desert
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bamies
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bamya
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ocra
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banio
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banyo
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foreign origin
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bath
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barberis
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berber
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barber
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barbuni
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barbun
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red
mullet
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barbunia
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barbunya
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Gr: primary meaning
of this word is the plural of barbuni, so it recalls the fish first. But it
does exist also as a kind of "fasulye", same as in Turkish
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red
(kidney?) beans
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baruti
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barut
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dynamite
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bastuni
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baston
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a walking
stick
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bataksis
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batakCI
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gr: only about the gambling
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the man
who takes care of gambling debts
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batalis
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battal
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hulk
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batania
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battaniye
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blanket
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bataria
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batarya
(pil)
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battery
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batiris/batirlis
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batIk
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tr: batmak- to sink, batik: sank
(adjective) slang- to bankrupt
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sne who
lost all what s/he had, to bankrupt
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batis
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imbat
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a wind
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batmis
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batmIS
(yoksul, iflas etmis)
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bankrupted
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batsanakis
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bacanak
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the
brother of one's wife
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batzaki
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bacak
(pantalon bacaGI-paCa)
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the lower
parts of trousers
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baulo
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bavul
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foreign origin. gr: instead of
sandIk
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luggage
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baxisi
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bahSiS
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tip
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bebeki
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bebek
(kIz bebek)
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gr: only girl babies, tr: baby
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baby
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begleri
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tesbih
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tr: beyler means 'gentlemen'
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a chain
of color chaplets, men used to play with that thing, still favoarable by some
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beis
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bey
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genlemen
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bekiaris
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bekar
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gr: only for male
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single
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bekris
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bekri
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tr: specific use
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drunk
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belas
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bela
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trouble
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berde
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perde
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curtain
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bere
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bere
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foreign origin
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tight hat
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bereketi
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bereketli
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prosper,
producing
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betatzis
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betoncu
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foreign origin
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concrede
maker
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betatzis
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betoncu
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beton
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beton
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foreign origin
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concrede
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betoniera
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betonyer
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foreign origin
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concrede
machine
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bezerizo
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bezmek
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bezesteni
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bedesten
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vegetable
market
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bifteki
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biftek
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beef
steak
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bigonia
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begonya
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a kind of
flower
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bilia/bilies
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bilya/bilye
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marble
(the small ball-shaped toys)
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biliardo
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bilardo
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pool (the
game)
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bilieto
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bilet
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foreign origin
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ticket
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bira
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bira
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beer
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bitoni
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bidon
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maybe foreign origin?
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a water
container
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bizeli
-ia
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bezelye
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gr: also araka(for fresh
ones)
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green
peas (fresh, dry or cooked)
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blofa
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blOf
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foreign origin
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bluffing
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blofatzis
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blOfcU,
blOf yapan
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person
who bluffing
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blok
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blok
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block
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bobina
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bobin
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foreign origin
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reel,
spool
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bobmbe
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bombe
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foreign origin
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a little
bump
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bogia
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boya
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paint
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bogiatzis
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boyacI
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painter
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boi
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boy
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tallness,
length
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boikotaz
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boykotaj
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boycott
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bora
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bora
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strong
storm
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bostani
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bostan
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a
backyard with some vegetable planting/ vegetable field
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box
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boks
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boxing
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boxas
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bohCa
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a
rectangular shape of cloth (or other material) which is tied from the corners
to hold somehing
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brigianti
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pIrlanta
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diamond
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brizola
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pirzola
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meat
food: ribs
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bukles
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bukle
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foreign origin
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curl
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buluki
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bolluk
(kalabalIk)
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Bolluk:
"merryness", "a lot" in TR, bouliki: big crowd (I.e.
animal herd) in GR
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burekaki
-ia
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bOrek
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pie
(pirakka in finnish)
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buzuki
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bozuk
(TUrk halk mUziGinde, baGlamadan biraz bUyUk ve meydan sazIndan kUCUk dokuz
telli bir saz)
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tr: bozuk: broken, not complete.
It is said that this insturment was called "broken" because of its
9 strings. This family of instruments generally have twin-strings, so an odd
number is not usual.
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a
regional musical instrument
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busula
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pusula
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Gr: "orientation"
pusulayi SaSIrmaktaki gibi
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compass
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dada
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dadI
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nunny
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dailiki
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dayIlIk
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turkish endings to word 'dayi'
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to show
the tough attitude
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dais
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dayI
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gr: only as in 'kabadayi' tr: dayi
is the uncle from the mother's side, but has different meanings in slang
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a tough
(male) person
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dalgas
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dalga
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Tr: wave, Gr: heartache of a love
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wave
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damari
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damar
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Gr: Maden damarI
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vessel
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damitzana
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damacana
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large
bottle, demijohn
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daraveri
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dalavere
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to cheat
sne
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davas
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tava
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pan
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davatzis
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davacI
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Gr: It is used for 'Pezevenk'
careful!,
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somone
who complains about the other, I.e. in court
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delalis
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tellal
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town
crier
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delis
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deli
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mad
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derbederis
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derbeder
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measarble
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derti
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dert
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trouble
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dertilis
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dertli
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troubled
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dip
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dip
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Gr: double meaning, also means
total
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bottom of
stg
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divani
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divan
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divan,
couch, sofa
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dolmas
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dolma
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gr: only for rolled stuffed
wine-leaves
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stuffed
vegetables and/or wine leaves in Turkish
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domata
-es
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domates
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tomatoe
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dugru
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doGru
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gr: without deviation tr:multiple
meanings (truth, straightforward, math- a vector, a straight line etc)
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directly
to somewhere
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dulapa/dulapi
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dolap
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cabinet
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dumani
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duman
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smoke
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dunias
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dUnya
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world
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duvari
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duvar
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wall
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eklisia
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kilise
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church
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ergatis
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Irgat
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labour,
worker
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ergenis/bekiaris
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bekar
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Tr: ergen means adult
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unmarried
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fanari
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fener
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torch,
light
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fanartzis
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fenerci
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fasoli
fasolaki fasolakia
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fasulye
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beans
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feretzes
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ferace
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veil
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fidanaki
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fidancIk
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a baby
tree to be planted (sweet way of saying it)
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fidani
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fidan
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tr: also a girl's name
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a baby
tree to be planted
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fíto
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fide,
fidan (bitki)
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gr: it means 'plant'
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any baby
plant-to-be
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fira
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fire
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loss
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firmani
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ferman
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king's
order
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fiseki
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fiSek
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bullet
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fisekliki
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fiSeklik
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bullet
belt
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fisiki
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fiziki
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pyhsics
teacher, physical
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fisikohimia
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fizikokimya
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physio-chemistry
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fisiognomia
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fizyonomi
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physionomy
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fisiologia
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fizyoloji
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physiology
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fisiologos
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fizyolog
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physiolog
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fisiotherapia
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fizyoterapi
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physio-therapy
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fistiki
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fIstIk
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peanut
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fitili
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fitil
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Gr: Lamba fitili, Tr: several
meanings
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wick,
fuse
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fizik
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fizik
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physics
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flitzani
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fincan
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small
coffee cup
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fokia
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fok
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seal
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folia
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fol
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hen's
nest
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fonitiki
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fonetik
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phonetics
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fonografos
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fonograf
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phonograph
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fonologia
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fonoloji
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phonology
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fosforos
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fosfor
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phosphor
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fotogenia
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fotojeni
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photogeny
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fotografia
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fotoGraf
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photograph
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fotografikos
-I -o
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fotoGrafik
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photographic
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fotografos
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fotoGrafCI
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photographer
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fotometris
-ia
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fotometre
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photometry
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fototipia
/fotokopia
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fotokopi
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photocopy
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fuduki
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fIndIk
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hazel
nuts
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funta
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ponpon
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tr: Funda (Founta as spelled in
gr) is a girl's name
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pompon
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furnos
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fIrIn
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owen,
bakery
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furtuna
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fIrtIna
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gr: in relation to sea tr: storm
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gale,
storm, tempest
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fustani
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fistan
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tr: old expression
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female
dress
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galatas
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galata
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tr: the place name in Istanbul
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milkman
(gr)
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galeta
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galeta
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crick
crack bready thing
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garaz
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garage
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foreign origin
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garage
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garida
-es
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karides
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shrimps
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garsoniera
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garsoniyer
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TR: bachelor's house
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a one
room place
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giakas
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yaka
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gialantzi
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yalancI
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tr: also 'liar"
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fake
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gialantzi
dolmas
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yalancI
dolma
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Tr: YalancI : liar,
fake. When dolma is called with this name, it means it doesn't have any meat
stuffing, so it is fake :)
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a stuffed
vegetable food
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giapraki
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yaprak
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leaf
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giaurti
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yoGurt
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yoghurt
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giavrum
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yavrum
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gr: old slang (tr: in slang same)
Literally 'my baby'
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used for
girls by men, like baby
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gida
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gIda
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food
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giuvetsi
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gUveC
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clay
cooking pan
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gkazoza
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gazoz
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Probably foreign origin
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(sweet) soda-water
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graviera
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gravyer
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Foreign origin
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type of
cheese
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grusuzis
(g yumusak g seklinde telaffuz edilemli), grursuza, grursuziko, grusuzia
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uGursuz
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someone
who brings bad luck
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guri
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uGur
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good luck
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habari
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haber
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news
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hafies
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hafiye
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gr: bad meaning, ispiyoncu demek
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secret
agent, or agent of sne
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hagiati
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hayat
(avlu)
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gr: covered on the top but no wall
room
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life (tr)
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hairi
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hayIr
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charity
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haivani
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hayvan
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animal
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haki
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haki
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a color,
dark green
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halali
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helal
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gr: no religious association unlike
in tr, tr: religious association
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permitted,
lawful
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hali
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hal
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gr: only negative
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state (of
mind)
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hali
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halI
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carpet
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halifis
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halife
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khalif
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Halima
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Halime
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a girl's
name
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halkas
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halka
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ring (not
the one you wear)
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halva
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helva
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a kind of
desert
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halvatzis
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helvacI
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the guy
who makes 'helva'
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hamaliki
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hamallIk
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turkish ending
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to be
doing the porter's work (porterness?)
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hamalis
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hamal
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porter
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(to) hamami
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hamam
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Turkish bath
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hamilos/hamili/hamilo
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hamile
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pregnant
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(to) haliki
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CakIL
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far fetched?
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pebble
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hamuris/hamura
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hamur
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gr: only slang for bitch tr: dough
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dough
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hani
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han
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kind of a
hotel in older days
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handaki
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hendek
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canal,
ditch, trench
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hani
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han
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a hotel
in the middle of nowhere in old times for travellers
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(i)
hanumisa
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hanIm
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gr: a turkish
woman?
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lady
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hanos
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hani,
hanos (balIGI)
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a kind of
fish
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haos
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kaos
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chaos
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hapi
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hap
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pills
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harakiri
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harakiri
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foreign origin
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harakiri
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haraktiras
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karakter
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character
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haraktiristikos
-a
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karakteristik
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characteristic
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harami
-zo
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haram
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gr: no religious association
unlike in tr
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forbidden,
or wasted
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haratsi
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haraC
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money or
goods collected using force (tax, hehe!)
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haremi
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harem
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harem
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harika (I
was glad 1 singualr person Simple past tense)
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harika
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gr: hara=joy, harika: I am very
glad (past tense)
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wonderful
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harisma
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karizma
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chaos
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harismatikos.
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karizmatik.
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charisma
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(to) harma
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?
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gr: delight, source
of joy
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?
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harmani
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harman
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gr: only for 'blend' tr: also for
harvest tome
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blend
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hartis
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harita
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map
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hartziliki
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harClIk
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pocket
money
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hasapikos
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kasap
havasI
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a folk dance
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a folk
dance
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hasapis
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kasap
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butcher
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(to) hasimo
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hasim
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(gr:loss, tr: enemy
adversary)
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hasis
/hasisi
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haShaS
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hash
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hatiri
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hatIr
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favour
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hatzari
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hanCer
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knife
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hatziavatis
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hacIvat
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same as
above
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hava
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hava
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gr: slang. only like in 'hava
atmak' (someone's having an attitude)
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air
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havale
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havale
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gr: making fun of stg or sne,
funny state
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to
transfer something, high fever (tr)
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haviari
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havyar
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caviar
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havra
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havra
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jewish
temple
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havuza
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havuz
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gr: where all the garbage are
buried
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swimming
pool (tr)
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hayde /
ade /aide
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haydi
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exclamation word
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let's..'
sort of thing
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hazi
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haz
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joy,
enjoy
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himia
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kimya
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chemistry
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horos
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horon
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gr: all kinds of dances tr: folk
dance
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dance
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hovoli
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hav,
havlI
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tr: kor- atesin havi
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?
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htapodi /
ohtapodi
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ahtapot
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octopus
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hurmas
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hurma
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date (the
fruit)
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huzuri
huzurema huzurevo
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huzur
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a
peaceful time, inner piece
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imam
baildi
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imambayIldI
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Tr: imam (priest) fainted
(literally)
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an
eggplant food
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kadaifi
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kadayIf
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a desert
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kadro
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kadro
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gr: frame
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staff, personel
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kafasi
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kafes
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you'd think it is 'kafa' in tr but
not
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cage
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kaiki
|
kayIk
|
|
rawboat
|
kaiktsis
|
kayIkCI
|
tr: kayik- a small boat, kayikci:
the person who uses the boat
|
raw-man
|
kaimaki
|
kaymak
|
tr: kaymak is also verb for 'to
slip'
|
the
creamy part of the milk
|
kalamari
|
kalamar
|
|
squid
|
kalderimi
|
kaldIrIm
|
|
sidewalk
|
kalemi
|
kalem
|
|
pencil or
a metal driver to drill a hole, chisel
|
kalfas
|
kalfa
|
|
experienced
apprentice
|
kalorifer
|
kalorifer
|
Foreign origin
|
heating
system (batteries)
|
kaltsa
-tses
|
kalCa
|
Gr: socks Tr: hips
|
|
kamioni
|
kamyon
|
foreign origin in both lang.
|
truck
|
kanapes
|
kanape
|
both meanings
|
small
sandwiches, sofa
|
kapaki
|
kapak
|
|
lid,
cover
|
kapamas
|
kapama
|
|
a meat
dish
|
karagiozis
|
karagOz
|
gr: it doesn't mean 'black
eye'
|
a folk
tale, tradition with shadow theatre
|
kardasi
|
kardaS/kardeS
|
gr: (only for male) slang
|
brother
or sister (turkish is gender free!)
|
karga(s)
|
kargaSa
|
|
gr:
filled up, tight tr: confusion comes with crowd
|
karpuzi
|
karpuz
|
|
watermelon
|
karsilamas
|
karSIlama
|
tr: to receive, to welcome sne and
the dance
|
a folk
dance
|
kartografia
|
kartografya
|
|
cartography
|
kartografos
|
kartograf
|
|
cartographer
|
kartoni
|
karton
|
|
hard
paper (cartoon?)
|
kaseri
|
kaSar
|
|
a kind of
cheese
|
kasmas
gasmas
|
kazma
|
tr: used also in slang for
'stupid'
|
big axe
|
kastano
|
kestane
|
|
chestnut
|
kastanos
|
kestane
(renk)
|
|
brunette
|
kavgas
|
kavga
|
|
fight
|
kavurdizo
|
kavurma
|
|
roasting,
baking
|
kazaka
|
kazak
|
|
pullover
|
kazandi
kazandizo
|
kazanmak
|
tr: kazandi (past tense of
kazanmak for third person, 's/he gained, earned, won' gr: kazandi is noun
|
gain,profit
|
kazan-dipi
|
kazandibi
|
|
a desert
|
kazani
|
kazan
|
|
a deep
kettle for boiling
|
kefali
|
kafa
|
you would think it is 'kefal' in
tr but no..
|
head
|
kefalos
|
kefal
|
|
striped
gray mullet
|
keftes
keftedes keftedakia
|
kOfte
|
|
meatballs
|
kelepuri
|
kelepir
|
|
cheap
|
kepses
|
kepCe
|
|
service
spoon
|
keramidi
|
kiremit
|
foreign origin
|
the tiles
used for roof
|
kerasi
|
kiraz
|
|
cherry
|
kese -es
kesedaki
|
kase
|
|
a small,
deep plate
|
kimas
|
kIyma
|
|
minced
meat
|
Kina
|
kIna
|
|
henna
|
kitapi
|
kitap
|
|
book
|
kiupi
|
kUp
|
Gr:storage, Tr:cube
|
cube
|
kleidi
|
kilit
|
TR: lock GR: key
|
|
klidaria/klidonia
|
kilit
|
|
lock
|
klima
|
klima
|
TR: air conditioner GR: climate
(also grape tree)
|
|
kokoretsi
|
kokoreC
|
|
delicious
thing, but you don't want to know what it is made of
|
kolios
|
kolyoz
|
|
chab
mackerel (a fish)
|
kotzabasis,
|
kocabaS
|
Gr: Ottoman times, high rank people
were called like that (?) Tr: 'bighead' common dog's name!
|
big
domesticated animals
|
kotzam
|
kocaman
|
|
big,
biggie
|
krima
|
kIyma
|
|
mercy
|
kumari
|
kumar
|
|
gamble
|
kurabies
|
kurabiye
|
GR: a dry pastry (pudra sekeri,
badem)
|
tr:
almost all dry pastries
|
kurbeti
|
gurbet
|
|
absense
from home, exile
|
kus-kus
|
kuskus
|
|
couscous
|
kusuri
|
kusur
|
|
a fault
|
kuti
|
kutu
|
|
box
|
kuvas
|
kova
|
|
bucket
|
lahano
|
lahana
|
gr: lahana is plural
|
cabbage
|
lahano-dolmadas
-es
|
lahana
dolmasI
|
|
rolled
stuffed cabbage-leaves
|
lavraki
|
levrek
|
|
bass fish
|
lemoni
|
limon
|
|
lemon
|
limani
|
liman
|
|
harbour
|
lufari
|
lufer
|
gr: istanbul greek
|
a fish
|
lukumas
|
lokma
|
|
a kind of
desert
|
lukumi
|
lokum
|
|
delight
|
a
regional musical instrument
|
|
|
|
mahalas
|
mahalle
|
|
district,
regoin
|
mahsuli
|
mahsul
|
|
product, crop
|
maidanos
|
maydanoz
|
|
parsley
|
maimu
|
maymun
|
|
ape
|
manavis
|
manav
|
gr: manaviko is the shop, tr manav
is both for the person and the shop
|
small
vegetable&fruits shop
|
mandili
|
mendil
|
gr: it is also used for headscarf
|
handkerchief
|
manitari
-ia
|
mantar
|
|
mushroom
|
maruli
-ia
|
marul
|
|
lattuce
|
matzuni
|
macun
|
Gr: A drink
|
Paste
|
meidani
|
meydan
|
|
open
space, public square
|
mentese
|
menteSe
|
|
hinge
|
meraklis
|
merakli
|
gr: only for 'interested'
(positive) tr: someonw who's corious, can be positive or negative, -li is a
tr ending for 'with'
|
interested,
motivated
|
mezes
|
meze
|
|
tit-bits
|
midi -ia
|
midye
|
gr: midi singular, midia plural
|
mussels,
sea shells
|
monastiri
|
manastIr
|
GR origin: monos - alone
|
monastry
|
mosaiko
|
mozaik
|
Probably foreign
origin
|
mosaic
|
murdaris
|
murdar
|
|
dirty
|
musafiris
|
misafir
|
|
guest
|
musakas
|
musakka
|
|
a kind of
food
|
musamas
|
muSamba
|
|
hard
plastic
|
nazi
|
naz
|
|
coquetry;
coyness; whims.
|
nisafi
|
insaf
|
Gr: only as in 'insaf yaa!' as if
"enough!"
|
compassion
|
outi
|
ud
|
A middle eastern
instrument used in Ottoman palace music (Turk klasik mUziGi) and Aegean music
(in both sides of the Aegean :)
|
a musical
instrument
|
palamari
|
palamar
|
gr: cable, mooring
line
|
mooring rope
|
palamida
|
palamut
(balIk)
|
|
bonito
fish
|
palto
|
palto
|
foreign origin
|
coat
|
papagalos
|
papaGan
|
|
parrot
|
papas
|
papaz
|
|
priest
|
paputsi
-ia
|
papuC
|
|
shoe
|
paras
|
para
|
|
money
|
pasta
|
pasta
|
Gr: also for eng. Pasta
|
pastry
|
pasturmas
|
pastIrma
|
|
a spicy
dried meat food
|
patata
-es
|
patates
|
|
potato
|
patirdi
|
patIrtI
|
|
noise
made by a person or a crowd
|
patsatzis
patsatzidiko
|
paCacI
|
|
a kind of
soup-selling place
|
patsavura
|
paCavra
|
in GR slang also used for
insulting women (very bad)
|
worn out
clothes (I.e. the old clothes you use to clean the floor)
|
panigiri
|
panayIr
|
It seems to have an origin from
"panw" (=up), gyros (=round), probably meaning something like
exposing stuff to the public.
|
open-air
market, folk-fest-market
|
patzari
|
pancar
|
|
beet
|
patzuri
-ia
|
pancur
|
tr: pencere also for window
|
blinds
for windows (generally outside of the building)
|
pazarevo
|
pazarlIk
|
|
bargain
|
peinirli
|
peynirli
borek
|
gr: peynirli is directly the pie
|
cheese
pie
|
pelte -es
|
pelte
|
|
anything
smashed
|
pensa
|
pense
|
|
a
carpenter's tool
|
petimezi
|
pekmez
|
|
a kind of
grape marmelade
|
petseta
|
peCete
|
|
napkins
|
pilafi
|
pilav
|
|
(cooked)
rice
|
piperia
-ies
|
biber
|
|
pepper
|
pliguri
|
bulgur
|
|
hulled/crushed
grain
|
(to) pouxo
|
ruh
|
a bit far fetched?
|
to pouxo (cloth, material) ruh (soul. essence, spirit)
|
portatif
|
portatif
|
gr: bed-side lamp
|
mobile
|
portokali
|
portakal
|
|
orange
|
prasa
|
pirasa
|
|
leek
|
pudra
|
pudra
|
foreign origin
|
powder
|
pure -es
|
pure
|
|
smashed
(as in mashed potatos)
|
puro
|
pUro
|
|
cigar
|
rahat
lukumi
|
not used
in Tr in modern language, existed in old lang.
|
Tr: "rahat lokum" means
'comfortable delight'
|
a delight
|
rahati
|
rahat
|
|
to rahati (leisure, lazing about) rahat (ease, comfort)
|
raki
|
rakI
|
|
an annis
drink
|
rantevu
|
randevu
|
foreign origin
|
meeting
|
retsina
|
reCina
|
Gr: An alcholic beverage's brand
|
rezin
|
revani
ravani
|
revani
|
|
a desert
|
to rezili
|
rezil
|
|
gr: shame tr:disgraced
|
rusfeti
|
rUSvet
|
|
bribe
|
saganaki
|
sahanda
|
|
in some
typeof pan (esp. for eggs)
|
salamura
|
salamura
|
|
preservative
waters (brine, pickles)
|
salata
|
salata
|
|
salad
|
salepi
|
salep
|
|
a sweet
milky drink
|
sabuni
|
sabun
|
|
soap
|
salepitzis
|
salepCi
|
|
the guy
who sells 'salep'
|
(to) saloni
|
salon
|
probably foreign
origin
|
saloon
|
samari
|
semer
|
|
horse
saddle
|
samata/samatas
|
samata
|
|
big
annoying noise generally made by people
|
samatatzis
|
samatacI
|
|
the one
who makes 'samata'
|
samuri
|
samur
|
|
a sort of
fur
|
sandali
-ia
|
sandal
|
tr: sandal also means a small
boat, gr: sandalya is plural of sandal (tr: it means chair)
|
an
easy-to-use summer shoe
|
sardela
-les
|
sardunya
|
|
sardine
|
sarrafis/sarafiko
|
sarraf
|
|
the one
who understands jewellery
|
savridi
safridi
|
istavrit
|
|
horse
mackerel
|
sedefi
|
sedef
|
|
mother of
pearl
|
seftes
|
siftah
|
|
first
sale of the day in a shop
|
seisis
|
seyis
|
|
horse
trainer, care taker
|
serai
|
saray
|
|
palace
|
seraskeris
|
serasker
|
|
in old
days a high rank soldier
|
serbeti
|
serbet
|
|
a drink
made by mixing sugar & water
|
sermaia
|
sermaye
|
|
capital
|
sersemis
|
sersem
|
|
fool
|
sertis
|
sert
|
|
hard
|
sevdalis
|
sevdalI
|
|
the one
who is in love
|
sevdas
|
sevda
|
|
love,
passion
|
sfugari
|
sUnger
|
|
sponge
|
sinoro
-ra
|
sInIr
|
|
border
|
sira
|
sIra
|
|
raw
|
sirma
|
sIrma
|
gr: very fine wire, tr: an
adjective for fine hair, golden fine hair, and a girl's name
|
fine
(golden)wire
|
siropi
|
Surup
|
|
syrup
|
sivas
|
siva
|
|
paint, plaster
|
skeletos
|
iskelet
|
|
skeleton
|
skubri
|
uskumru
|
|
mackerel
|
soba
|
soba
|
|
stove
|
soilis
|
soylu
|
|
blue
blood (of good family)
|
sopaki
|
sopa
|
|
stick
|
sovatzis
|
sIvacI
|
|
painter
|
spanaki
|
Ispanak
|
|
spinach
|
spiunos
|
ispiyoncu
|
|
un-trustworthy
person
|
stridia
|
istiridye
|
gr: stridi singl, stiridia pl.
|
oysters
|
susami
|
susam
|
maybe foreign origin
|
sessame
|
sutzukaki
sutzukakia
|
sucuk
|
|
a spiced
suassage
|
tahini
|
tahin
|
|
some food
made of sessame
|
tapsi
|
tepsi
|
|
tray
|
taramas
|
tarama
|
Tr: taramak is to scan, to comb
|
a kind of
food
|
tas kebap
|
tas kebap
|
|
a meat
food
|
tavani
|
tavan
|
|
ceiling
|
taverna
|
taverna
|
greek origin
|
tavern
|
tavli
|
tavla
|
|
backgammon
|
tebelhanio
|
tembelhane
|
|
:)
|
tebelis
|
tembel
|
|
lazy
|
tefteri
|
defter
|
|
notebook
|
tekkes
|
tekke
|
|
some sort
of old religios school
|
telaro
|
tel kafes
|
tr: tel= wire
|
wire cage
|
tenekes
|
teneke
|
you know: tebelis tenekes!
|
tin
|
tetanos
|
tetanoz
|
|
tetanus
|
theatro
|
tiyatro
|
greek word
|
theatre
|
tiri
|
peynir
|
tr: realize, 'tiridine banmak'
|
chese
|
tornavida
|
tornavida
|
|
screwdriver
|
topi
|
top
|
|
ball
|
trahanas
|
tarhana
|
|
a soup
|
tsadiri
|
CadIr
|
|
tent
|
tsahpin/tsahpina
|
çapkIn
|
Gr: "A
low-life party animal"
|
a flirting type, a Kazanova, a womanizer.
|
tsai
|
Cay
|
|
tea
|
tsakir
kefi
|
CakIrkeyif
|
|
slightly/nicely
drunk
|
tsakmaki
|
Cakmak
|
|
lighter
|
tsanta
|
Canta
|
|
bag
|
Tsantali
|
CantalI
|
Gr: Famous Uzo brand
|
one with
a bag
|
tsantizo/
tsantizomai
|
catmak
(kizmak, hiddetlenmek anlaminda)
|
|
getting
hot tempered
|
tsardi
TSARDAKI
|
Cardak
|
Gr: Slang also "pad,
hangout"
|
hut made
by branches
|
tsaruhi
|
CarIk
|
|
rustic
shoe (usually with a pompon)
|
tsepi
|
cep
|
|
pocket
|
tsibuki
|
Cubuk
|
|
a stick
|
tsiflikas
|
CiftCi
|
gr: the owner of a big farm tr:
farmer
|
farmer
|
tsifliki
|
Ciftlik
|
|
farm
|
tsigaro
|
sigara
|
|
cigarette
|
tsiment
|
Cimento
|
must be foreign
origin
|
Cement
|
tsinari
|
CInar
|
|
plane-tree
|
tsingos
|
Cinko
|
|
zink
|
tsipura
|
Cipura
|
|
a big
fish (dorado, gilthead)
|
tsiraki
|
CIrak
|
gr: can be also 'gözcü'
|
inexperienced
apprentice
|
tsiros
|
Ciroz
|
(must be) Greek
origin
|
a
fish-kind
|
tsivieri
|
cevher
|
speculative. tr: valuable gr: bir
cesit mani
|
gr: a
kind of song
|
tsopanis
|
Coban
|
|
sheperd
|
tsureki
|
Corek
|
|
a sweet
bread (easter time specific for greece)
|
tzepi
|
cep
|
|
pocket
|
tufeki
|
tUfek
|
|
rifle
|
tulumba
|
tulumba
|
it is not 'pumping thing' in greek
|
a desert
|
tumberleki
|
dUmbelek
|
|
a small
drum
|
tursi
|
turSu
|
|
a
vegetable conservation with salt and vinegar
|
tuvlo
|
tuGla
|
|
a brick
|
tzami
|
cami
|
|
mosque
|
tzámi
|
cam
|
|
window
glass
|
tzatziki
|
cacIk
|
|
a yoghurt
salad
|
vapori
|
vapur
|
foreign origin
|
ship
|
vareli
|
varil
|
|
barrel
|
velanidia
|
palamut
(agaC)
|
|
oak tree
|
verese
veresedia
|
veresiye
|
|
on credit
|
vida
|
vida
|
|
screw
|
volta
|
volta
|
|
|
vorias
|
poyraz
|
Gr: "Voras" means north
|
north-wind |
vurtsa
|
fIrCa
|
|
brush |
yahni
(patates)
|
yahni
|
gr: ahnizo is steaming- yahni
might be from that word
|
a way of
cooking
|
yakamos(?)
|
yakamoz
|
Greek origin, used in TR. Seems to
be frgotton in Greek (?), poetic in Turkish.
|
The shines on the sea surface
|
yalantzi dolma
|
yalancI dolma
|
|
stuffed grape leaves without meat
|
yaourti
|
yoGurt
|
|
yoghurt
|
yapi
|
yapI
|
Gr: half way (not
completed) building construction. Tr: General word for "building",
or "construction"
|
building,
construction
|
yarmadis
|
yarma
seftali
|
gr: yarmadis is the proper word
for peach tr: only a certain type of peach is "yarma = equally devidable
to halves"
|
peach
|
yuvarlakia
|
sulu
kofte
|
sulu koftedeki yuvarlak kofteler aabi!
|
round'
meatballs
|
zafiri
|
safir
|
|
a
valuable stone
|
zambon
|
jambon
|
Foreign origin
|
bacon
|
zargana
|
zargana
|
|
a fish
(gorn fish, horn fish, sea pike)
|
zarzevatika
|
zerzevat
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gr: (spoken) for all the family of
vegetables, tr: vegetables
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vegatables
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zevzeka
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zevzek
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gr: used for insulting women in
slang, easy women tr: someone who's too talkative, zevzeklik: empty chattery,
a negative expression
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giddy,
talkative
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zori
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zor
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difficult
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