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daha

more,
further, before this, until now, only, still

Often used to construct comparatives:
daha iyi, better (more good);

bizden daha büyük, bigger than we are
Zaman daha erken. It's still early.

dakika

minute

Bir dakka! [short for, Bir dakika!]
Wait just a moment!

dar

narrow

davranmak

to act, to behave

davranış, treatment

-de/-da [or -te/ta after ç, f, h, k, p, s, s, or t]

Suffix denoting the Place Case of a noun, e.g., at, in, on.
Used in expressing the idea of when...

masada, on the table
kitapta, in the book
Saat sekizde kalkarım. I get up at eight o'clock.
Geldiğimde sen yoktun. When I came you weren't there.

Also see, zaman.

de, da
(stand-alone words)

and, etc.

Click following to see
fullest treatment with examples
on Conjunction Celebration page.
Click following
to see another observation.

defa

See explanation at tane.

değer

value, worth

değerli, valuable

değil

not

Değil mi? Isn't that correct?
Önemli değil. It's not important.
Amerika'lı değil misiniz? Aren't you (all) American?

Değiliz. We are not.

değişik

different, unusual, changed, altered

değişiklik, change, alteration; amendment; unusualness

değişiklik yapmak, to make a change

değişmek, to change, alter, become different

dek
(-e değin)

up to, as far as, from-to, until, up to (a time)
by a time, within (a time)

Keloğlan (Turkish folk-lore hero), sabahtan akşama dek çalışırmış orda burda. 'Bald-boy' worked here and there from morning to night.
göz açıp kapayıncaya dek within the blinking of an eye.

demek

to say, to mean

Ne demek? What do you mean? What does it mean?
Ne demek... There's no need to mention it; Of course...
diye [derived from demek],
1. because, so that, thinking that, called [by], saying...
  - Arkadaşları, borç para ister diye, sokakta görünce yollarını değiştiriyorlardı. His friends, because he was always asking for a loan, would change direction when they saw him on the road.
  - Gücenirsiniz diye bir şey demedim. I didn't say anything, thinking that you might be offended.
  - 'Girilmez' diye bir levha, A sign saying 'No Admittance'...
2. diye is also used in quotations -- without any meaning. "Saat kaç?" diye sordu. "What time is it?" he asked.

-den/-dan
[or -ten/tan after ç, f, h, k, p, s, s, or t]

Suffix denoting the From/Than Case of a noun.
Also, click below to see the too many uses of the 'den' suffix.

From/than Case examples...
- arabadan, out of the car
- kitaptan, from the book
- Araba kitaptan daha ağırdır. A car is heavier than a book.
-den beri, since; dünden beri, since yesterday

denemek

to try

Deneyelim. Let's try.
denek, tried and true; tried, tested and proved

deniz

sea

Ege Denizi Türkiye'nin batısındadır. The Aegean Sea is in the west of Turkey.

derece

the temperature
the device that measures the temperature
'a quality of measurement'

en yüksek derece or birinci derece, the highest

en düşük derece, the lowest

son derece, extremely

dergi

magazine

derin

deep

Derin dondurucu garajdadır. The deep freezer is in the garage.

derhal

immediately

destek

support, prop

destek olmak, to support (intellectually)
destek görmek, to get (intellectual) support, to be supported

devam

continuation

devam etmek, to continue
Devamı var. To be continued.

devlet

a country, a state, a government

dış

outside

dışarı, out, the outside
-den dışarı, out of
dışında, outside of, apart from, except for, besides

diğer

other

-dik-
-diğ-
(-dık-, -dük-, -duk-)

A verbal suffix used to form 'past' participles in Turkish.

gördüğüm bir kadın, a woman [that] I saw
Click to see a full treatment of the Turkish past-participle
-- with examples.
-dikçe
(-dıkça, -dükçe, -dukça)
Note below that 'd' changes to 't' after ç, f, h, k, p, s, ş, or t.
A verbal suffix that denotes:
- each time [that],
  every time [that], e.g.,
  aklıma geldikçe,
  every time I think of it
- the more [that], e.g.,
  o güldükçe ben de güldüm, the more he laughed, [the more] I laughed too.
- as long as,
  so long as, e.g.,
  sen ısrar ettikçe, as long as you insist
- more and more, e.g.,
  azıttıkça azıttı, she became more and more unmanageable.
- as -- see example usage on Conjunction Celebration page.
- just because, e.g.,
  See cartoon illustration in next panel.
- Also,
  now common words:
  gittikçe, gradually
  oldukça, rather

Extreme measures...
An illustrative cartoon of the verbal suffix -dikçe (above)...
Click directly on the cartoon for more legibility...

Click directly on the cartoon for more legibility...

The Lout's married buddy: Say, pal...You're still single at age 40.
Why aren't you getting married?

The Lout's buddy (continuing in the second panel):
Don't you need a woman's kindness and compassion,
her love, her love-making, etc.?

The Lout: I have such needs, but...
would you throw yourself into the sea
just because you're [a little] thirsty.
[...susadıkça...]

Thanks to:
Gözcu/Asabi Gazetesi, Gerçek Yayıncılık A. Ş.
(Mehmet Ali Yalçındağ, Owner)
and Volkan Atalay, creator of 'Maganda, The Lout'.
Ankara
27 May 2001

dikkat

[careful] attention, Be careful!, Notice!

dikkat etmek, to pay attention, be careful

Lütfen, öğretmeninize dikkat ediniz. Please pay attention to the teacher.
dikkate almak, take note, take into consideration
dikkat çekmek, to attract attention

dil

tongue or language

diller destan olmak, to be renowned...

"Baba sizin dillere destan olmuş varlığınız benim harcadığım üç beş kese altınla tükenir mi?" "Will my spending of some of your gold money-bags [really] exhaust your renowned wealth, father?"
From a Turkish folk-tale...

-dim
[-dım, -dum, -düm]

A verbal suffix that denotes the 'first person singular' of a 'past' tense, e.g., Past Continuous Compound Narrative Tense -- Geliyordum. I was coming.

Other past-tense suffixes:
-din you, in the past
-di he/she/it, in the past
-dik we...
-diniz you [plural]...
-diler they ...
[along with all their spelling variances!]

Access complete 'Past Tense' examples from
the Gelmek, to come
Conjugations Index-page.

din

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religion

dinlemek

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to listen

dinlenmek, to rest; Şu ceviz ağacının gölgesinde dinlenip biraz nefes alalım. Let's rest in the shade of this walnut tree and take a little break [breath].

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-(dir), (dır), (dur), (dür)

Suffixes meaning "He/she/it is"...

Yorgun(dur); She is tired...

-(dir)ler, (dır)lar, (dur)lar, (dür)ler

Suffixes meaning "They are"...

Yorgun(dur)lar; They're tired...

doğu

east

doğru

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true, correct, straight

Doğru değil mi? Isn't that right?

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dolayı

surroundings

-dan dolayı, because of, on account of

dolu

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full or hail [pellets of frozen rain]

O dolu mu, yoksa boş mudur? Is it full or empty?

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dolmak, to get filled

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doldurmak, to fill, to charge [a battery], to load [a gun], to fill out [a form]

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dolunay, a full moon

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dolmuş -- the original Turkish short-journey passenger vehicle Click here a full 'back-grounder'
on the NRED page.

dönmek

to turn, to return

dönme...

a turning, a rotation

a religious convert

a transvestite
dönüş, a turning, a return

duman

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smoke, bad or hopeless (situation)

dumanlı hava, [a] difficult situation

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duman etmek, to harm, to destroy

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durmak

to stop, to stand

See example usage as a verbal noun in the first sentence of the folktale, Hansel and Gretel. A translation follows below the usage.

durum

situation, condition, state

durumunda, in the event that

duymak

to hear or to feel

duyum, sensation
duygu, feeling, emotion

dün

yesterday

dünya

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the world

İkinci Dünya Savaşı hangi devletler arasında olmuştur? Which countries were involved in the Second World War? [...between which countries...]

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Used in numerous Turkish idioms, phrases, and compound word constructions, such as:
dünya alem, everyone

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dünya görüşü, one's general philosopy of life

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dünya kadar, a whole lot

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Dünya varmış! Ah...How wonderful! [The world exists!]

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dürüst

honest

düş

dream, hope, aspiration

düşün, thought
düşünmek, to think
düşmek, to fall
düşük, fallen, low (quality)