Turkish | English | Examples, supplements, and explanations |
| P (~12 entries) | | |
| pahalı | expensive | Bu mobilya pahalıdır. This furniture is expensive. |
| para | money | parasız, penniless
para kazanmak, to earn money |
| parça | a piece | parçalanmak, to break into many pieces |
| parmak | finger | - Sizin kaç parmağınız var? How many fingers have you got?
- Used in many Turkish idioms and compound words, such as,
parmağında oynatmak, to wrap someone around one's finger
parmağını sokmak, to interfere in
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| pastane | bakery | |
| patlak | a burst, a puncture | patlama, explosion patlamak, to burst, explode |
| patlıcan | eggplant, aubergine | Included because patlıcan is ubiquitous in Turkey! And it's said that Turkish chefs have 99 ways to prepare it! |
| paylaşmak | to share | |
| pazar | market, bazaar or Sunday | Her hafta pazara gideriz. We go to the bazaar every week.
Her pazar günü pazara gideriz. We go to the bazaar every Sunday. See following language point cartoon. |
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| pek | very | pek iyi, very good pekala, all right, OK
peki, all right, OK
pek güzel, pretty good |
| piliç | chicken | Erkek kardeşim piliçlerimize yem verir. My brother feeds our chickens. |
| pirinç | rice or brass | Pekin'in pirinci, Kaşmir'in halısı, Diyarbakır'ın karpuz, ve Van'ın kedisi meşurdur. They are all famous -- Peking's brass, Kashmir's carpets, Diyarbakir's watermelon, and Van's [pedigreed] cats. |
| postane | post office | |
| puan | point [on a test, in a match] | |