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People and family in Turkish

196 words in Turkish on the topic “people and family”: arkadaş — friend, aile — family, anne — mom, baba — dad. 196 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

196 words on the topic

  • arkadaş
    friend
    From arka, "the back": literally "the one at your back". Both a buddy and a colleague; a close friend is a dost.
  • aile
    family
    An Arabic word, no harmony in the root. From it, ailece — "as a family": the tail -ce turns a noun into an adverb.
  • anne
    mom
    The ordinary word for mother, not baby talk — adults say it too. An older woman outside the family is teyze, "aunt", never anne.
  • baba
    dad
    Like anne, it suits child and adult alike. An older man outside the family is amca, "uncle". From it, babaanne — the grandmother on the father's side.
  • çocuk
    child
    ç like "ch" in "church", c like "j" in "jug": cho-JUK
  • satıcı
    seller
    both ı dotless, c as "j" in "jam": sa-tuh-JUH
  • müşteri
    customer
    An Arabic word. One word for the buyer, the client and the café regular.
  • komşu
    neighbor
    ş is "sh": kom-SHU
  • ev sahibi
    landlord
    sahip is "owner", and the p voices before the tail: sahip becomes sahibi. Also "the host of the house" who receives guests.
  • emekli
    retiree
    emek is "labor", -li "with labor behind one". Not "one who rests" but "one who has earned it".
  • patron
    boss
    From French, a living conversational word. More official: müdür ("director") or amir ("a superior by post").
  • iş arkadaşı
    coworker
    Literally "a friend from work": iş is "work", arkadaş "friend", and the second takes the tail -ı.
  • insan
    person
    A human as a being, a person in general; insanlar is "people". From it, insan hakları — "human rights".
  • adam
    man
    adam is "man" and "guy" in conversation: iyi adam is "a good bloke". Sex as a category is erkek, as in erkek kardeş, "brother".
  • kadın
    woman
    dotless ı, closer to "uh": ka-DUHN
  • delikanlı
    young man
    dotless ı at the end: de-LI-kan-luh
  • genç kız
    young woman
    ç as "ch", ı dotless: gench KUHZ
  • ihtiyar
    old man
    An Arabic word. It sounds blunt: politer is yaşlı bir bey, and to address him, amca — "uncle".
  • yabancı
    stranger
    c as "j" in "jam", ı dotless: ya-ban-JUH
  • kalabalık
    crowd
    both ı dotless: ka-la-ba-LUHK
  • oğul
    son
    ğ makes no sound of its own, it stretches the "o": OOL
  • saç
    hair
    ç is "ch": SACH
  • uzun boylu
    tall
    boy is "height", -lu "with": "with long height". The question is boyun kaç? — "what is your height?"
  • kısa boylu
    short (of a person)
    The same scheme with kısa. About a person you cannot say alçak: that word means "base, mean".
  • genç
    young
    ç is "ch": GENCH
  • sakal
    beard
    To grow a beard is sakal bırakmak, literally "to leave a beard".
  • bıyık
    mustache
    both ı dotless: buh-YUHK
  • zayıf
    thin (of a person)
    ı dotless: za-YUHF
  • şişman
    fat
    ş is "sh": shish-MAN
  • sevimli
    cute
    From sevmek, "to love": "evoking sympathy". About a man people say yakışıklı, about a woman güzel.
  • dış görünüş
    appearance
    ı dotless, ş is "sh": DUHSH gö-rü-NÜSH
  • iyi kalpli
    kind-hearted
    iyi plus kalp (heart) plus -li: "with a good heart"
  • neşeli
    cheerful
    neşeli — ş is "sh": ne-she-LEE
  • akıllı
    smart
    akıllı — both ı are dotless, like the a in "sofa": a-kul-LUH
  • kötü kalpli
    mean
    the twin of iyi kalpli, with kötü "bad". Angry right now is a different word entirely: kızgın
  • sakin
    calm
    from Arabic, kin to sükûnet 'stillness'. A sakin is also a resident: 'mahalle sakinleri' — the people of the neighborhood
  • kibar
    polite
    Arabic for 'of noble birth'. Today it just means courteous; its opposite is kaba, rude
  • tembel
    lazy
    a Persian loan. To be lazy is 'tembellik etmek' — literally 'to do laziness', the noun-plus-do trick
  • cesur
    brave
    cesur — c sounds like English "j": je-SOOR
  • dürüst
    honest
    dürüst — round your lips tight for both ü: duu-RUUST
  • karakter
    character
    borrowed from French. An older Persian loan lives alongside it — huy: 'huyu güzel' means 'good-natured'
  • gelin
    bride
    also a daughter-in-law: the one who "comes" into the house. A bridal gown is a "gelinlik"
  • damat
    groom
    and a son-in-law, mirror of gelin. "Damat tıraşı" is the groom's shave, a whole ritual
  • evlenmek
    to get married
    from ev 'house': to get housed together. Evlendirmek, with the -dir that shifts the doing, is 'to marry someone off'
  • boşanma
    divorce
    boşanma — bo-shan-MA
  • anne baba
    parents
    Two words side by side, with no "and": Turkish often pairs words this way, as in "anne baba," "karı koca," "gece gündüz."
  • erkek kardeş
    brother
    erkek kardeş — er-KEK kar-DESH
  • kız kardeş
    sister
    "girl sibling": kız "girl" plus kardeş. The bare kız alone means daughter
  • büyükanne
    grandmother
    büyükanne — buu-yuu-kan-ne
  • büyükbaba
    grandfather
    big father, written as one word. In the family he is often just "dede"
  • amca
    uncle
    amca — c sounds like English "j": AM-ja
  • teyze
    aunt
    mother's sister, where amca is the father's side. 'Teyze' is also the affectionate word for any older woman
  • torun
    grandson
    One word for grandson and granddaughter alike: the sex is named separately, kız torun. A great-grandchild is torunun çocuğu, "the grandchild's child".
  • akraba
    relative
    From Arabic, where it is the plural of karib "close, near." Turkish took it as a singular: bir akraba, "a relative."
  • kuzen
    cousin
    From French cousin. There is no native word, so people say it the long way: "amcamın oğlu" (my uncle's son), "teyzemin kızı" (my aunt's daughter).
  • çocuklar
    children
    çocuklar — cho-jook-LAR
  • oğlan
    boy
    oğlan — ğ stretches the o: o-LAAN
  • kız çocuğu
    girl
    kız çocuğu — dotless ı, silent ğ: kuhz cho-joo-OO
  • kız
    daughter
    one word for "girl" and "daughter": "kızım" is both "my girl" and "my daughter", warm either way
  • Kaç yaşındasın?
    how old are you?
    kaç yaşındasın — ç "ch", ş "sh": kach ya-shun-DA-sun
  • yetişkin
    adult
    yetişkin — ş "sh": ye-tish-KEEN
  • ergen
    teenager
    From ermek "to reach maturity." Adolescence is ergenlik. The word is rather bookish; at home people say "genç."
  • bebek
    baby
    A baby, a doll and an affectionate form of address. Before a vowel ending the k turns into ğ: bebeği.
  • yaş
    age
    yaş — one syllable: yash
  • Otuz yaşındayım
    I'm thirty years old
    thirty + yaşında + yım: "I am in my thirtieth age". Fill in any number; the frame never changes
  • kıvırcık
    curly
    kıvırcık — kuh-vuhr-JUHK
  • kel
    bald
    A short, blunt word, a little harsher than "bald"; it is more polite to say saçı dökülmüş, "whose hair has fallen out." In the proverb "Kel başa şimşir tarak," a boxwood comb for a bald head, it mocks useless luxury.
  • kır saçlı
    gray-haired
    kır saçlı — kuhr sach-LUH
  • boy
    a person's height
    It also means the length of a thing and a clan or tribe: Kayı boyu. People ask "Boyun kaç?" and answer in centimeters; height is rarely given in meters.
  • ince yapılı
    slim
    ince yapılı — in-JE ya-puh-LUH
  • orta boylu
    of medium height
    "middle-statured": orta "middle" + boylu. Descriptions on forms start here
  • cömert
    generous
    cömert — ö lip-rounded: ju-MERT
  • sabırlı
    tolerant
    sabırlı — dotless ı: sa-bur-LUH
  • çalışkan
    hardworking
    çalışkan — ç "ch", dotless ı: cha-luhsh-KAN
  • güvenilir
    reliable
    güvenilir — ü lip-rounded: guu-ve-ne-LEER
  • alçakgönüllü
    modest
    alçakgönüllü — ç "ch", ö and ü lip-rounded: al-chak-guh-nuul-LUU
  • sosyal
    sociable
    From French social, with two meanings in Turkish: "social" (sosyal medya, sosyal devlet) and, about a person, "sociable": çok sosyal biri. A near synonym for an outgoing person is girişken.
  • şefkatli
    caring
    şefkatli — ş "sh": shef-kat-LEE
  • ciddi
    serious
    ciddi — c sounds like "j": jid-DEE
  • terbiyeli
    well-mannered
    terbiye is upbringing; hence terbiyesiz, "ill-mannered," which is a real insult. A third meaning is culinary: terbiye is an egg-and-lemon sauce, and terbiyeli çorba is soup made with it.
  • espri anlayışı
    sense of humor
    espri anlayışı — esp-RI an-la-yuh-SHUH
  • cimri
    stingy
    cimri — c sounds like "j": jim-REE
  • inatçı
    stubborn
    inatçı — ç "ch": i-nat-CHUH
  • kaba
    rude
    First about surfaces, coarse and rough: kaba kumaş "coarse cloth." Then about people: kaba biri is someone who shoves and never apologizes. "Kabalık etme" means "don't be rude."
  • arsız
    shameless
    arsız — dotless ı: ar-SUHZ
  • kurnaz
    cunning
    Usually a disapproving word: kurnaz is someone who gets ahead by going around the rules. Cleverness you admire is zeki, "smart." In fairy tales the fox is kurnaz tilki, "the sly fox."
  • geveze
    chatty
    From Persian. Its neighbor konuşkan also means "talkative" but is respectful, while geveze always scolds: someone who says too much. The idiom for the same thing is çenesi düşük.
  • dalgın
    absent-minded
    dalgın — dotless ı: dal-GUN
  • asabi
    hot-tempered
    From Arabic asab, "nerve." Compare sinirli: sinirli is angry right now, asabi is irritable by nature. For someone with a quick temper you also hear çabuk parlıyor.
  • kayıtsız
    indifferent
    kayıtsız — dotless ı twice: ka-yuht-SUHZ
  • alışkanlık
    habit
    alışkanlık — ş "sh", dotless ı: a-luhsh-kan-LUHK
  • kadın arkadaş
    female friend
    kadın arkadaş — ka-DUHN ar-ka-DASH
  • tanıdık
    an acquaintance
    tanıdık — ta-nuh-DUHK
  • yetenek
    talent
    from yetmek "to suffice, be capable": what you are capable of. Talent shows are "yetenek yarışması"
  • doğmak
    to be born
    doğmak — doh-MAK
  • çocukluk
    childhood
    çocukluk — cho-jook-LOOK
  • gençlik
    youth
    gençlik — gench-LIK
  • yetişkinlik
    adulthood
    yetişkinlik — ye-tish-kin-LIK
  • kuşak
    generation
    kuşak — koo-SHAK
  • memleket
    hometown
    The word spans two circles: your hometown or home village, and your whole country. "Memleket neresi?" is asked when meeting someone, and the expected answer is a city, not a country.
  • ülkede beş yıl yaşamak
    to live in a country for five years
    ülkede beş yıl yaşamak — uul-ke-DE besh yuhl ya-sha-MAK
  • anı
    a memory
    anı — a-NUH
  • eski fotoğraf
    old photo
    eski fotoğraf — es-KI foo-to-RAF
  • kader
    fate
    An Arabic word with a religious sense of predestination. In daily life people more often say kısmet, "your allotted share": "kısmetse görüşürüz." Fate as your life path is alın yazısı, "what is written on the forehead."
  • yeni bir hayata başlamak
    to start a new life
    yeni bir hayata başlamak — ye-NI bir ha-ya-TA bash-la-MAK
  • aile kurmak
    to start a family
    "to establish a family": kurmak builds states, companies and families alike. All three need patience
  • zengin
    rich
    Persian. Zengin describes people and content alike: zengin bir kahvaltı is a lavish breakfast, zengin içerik rich content.
  • fakir
    poor
    Arabic. Fakir is poor in means; "poor" as in "poor thing" is zavallı. About their own home people joke fakirhane — a humble abode.
  • oda arkadaşı
    roommate
    ş like "sh", dotless ı: o-DA ar-ka-da-ŞI
  • çocukluk arkadaşı
    childhood friend
    ç like "ch", ş like "sh": ço-juk-LUK ar-ka-da-ŞI
  • uzak akraba
    distant relative
    akraba is kin in the collective sense. The near ones are yakın akraba, the distant ones uzak akraba.
  • çocuk yetiştirmek
    raise children
    ç like "ch", ş like "sh": ço-JUK ye-tiş-tir-MEK
  • ünlü
    famous
    ü twice, rounded: ün-LÜ
  • güçlü
    strong
    ü rounded, ç like "ch": güç-LÜ
  • nişan
    engagement
    ş like "sh": ni-ŞAN
  • alyans
    wedding ring
    From French. The ring at the wedding is alyans, at the engagement nişan yüzüğü. Before the wedding it is worn on the right hand, after on the left.
  • gelinlik
    wedding dress
    gelin is a bride, -lik "the thing for": the same tail as in gözlük and yağmurluk. The groom’s suit is damatlık.
  • yeni evliler
    newlyweds
    evli is married, evliler the married ones. There is no separate word, and it virtually always walks in the plural.
  • balayı
    honeymoon
    dotless ı at the end: BA-la-yı
  • yeni ev kutlaması
    housewarming
    kutlama is celebrating (kutlamak — to congratulate). Turkish coined no single word for a housewarming: people say it descriptively or simply invite you "eve davet" — to the new home.
  • yas
    mourning
    hard s, not "sh": yas
  • mantıklı
    sensible
    dotless ı: man-tık-LI
  • iyilik
    kindness
    iyi is good, and -lik makes a quality. Iyilik is kindness and a good deed alike: bir iyilik yap — do a good deed.
  • soğukkanlılık
    composure
    ğ stretches the o, dotless ı: so-UK-kan-lı-lık
  • sabır
    patience
    Arabic; before an ending the vowel drops: sabır gives sabrı. Sabret — be patient; sabrım kalmadı — my patience has run out.
  • bencillik
    selfishness
    ben is I, bencil an egoist, -lik the quality. The build is transparent through and through — a rarity for an abstract word.
  • tembellik
    laziness
    tembel is lazy (Persian), and -lik makes a noun. Tembellik etmek is to idle — literally "to do laziness".
  • inatçılık
    stubbornness
    ç like "ch", dotless ı: i-nat-chı-LIK
  • merak
    curiosity
    Arabic. Merak is curiosity, a passion and an anxiety at once: merak etme means "do not worry".
  • dürüstlük
    integrity
    ü twice: dü-rüst-LÜK
  • beceriklilik
    resourcefulness
    becermek is to manage, becerikli capable, -lik the quality. Three tails in a row, and each is audible.
  • umursamazlık
    carelessness
    umursamak is to attach importance, -maz a negative participle, -lık a quality: "the trait of not caring".
  • kararlı
    resolute
    karar is a decision (it lives in karar vermek), -lı "with a decision". Its pair is kararsız, irresolute; the same trick as in pürüzlü/pürüzsüz.
  • utangaç
    shy
    ç like "ch": u-tan-GAÇ
  • alıngan
    thin-skinned
    alınmak is to take offense, to take something personally; -gan gives the propensity. Alınma! — no offense!
  • uysal
    accommodating
    uymak is to comply, to suit, and -sal makes the adjective. About people and about horses alike: uysal bir at.
  • titiz
    meticulous
    Titiz is fussily exact: about cleanliness and about work alike. Titiz çalışıyor — he works meticulously, and it is a compliment.
  • gururuna düşkün
    prideful
    ü twice: gu-ru-ru-NA düş-KÜN
  • yardımsever
    helpful
    yardım is help, sever "loving": "one who loves to help". The same tail in hayvansever, an animal lover, and barışsever, a peace-lover.
  • içine kapanık
    withdrawn
    iç is the inside, kapanmak to close: "closed into oneself". It is also said as one word — içekapanık.
  • dobra
    straightforward
    A Slavic loanword that lives in doubling: dobra dobra konuşur — he speaks bluntly. The verdict is rather approving.
  • öngörülemez
    unpredictable
    ö twice: ön-gö-rü-le-MEZ
  • söz dinlemek
    obey
    ö rounded: SÖZ din-le-MEK
  • övünmek
    show off
    övmek is to praise, and -ün- makes it reflexive: "to praise oneself". Exactly the logic of yıkanmak, to wash oneself.
  • dedikodu yapmak
    to gossip
    dedikodu is gossip, literally "said-and-placed". The pair to dedikodu çıktı: here people gossip, there the talk started by itself.
  • -mış gibi yapmak
    pretend
    The construction: a participle on -mış plus gibi, as, plus yapmak: "to act as if". Uyumuş gibi yaptı — he pretended to be asleep.
  • kendini tutmak
    hold back
    kendi is oneself, tutmak to hold: "to hold oneself". About anger and laughter alike: gülmemek için kendimi tuttum.
  • şaka yapmak
    play a prank
    ş like "sh": şa-KA yap-MAK
  • yalan atmak
    tell a fib
    yalan is a lie, atmak to throw: "to toss a lie". More colloquial than yalan söylemek, and always with condemnation.
  • kulak misafiri olmak
    overhear
    Literally "to become a guest of the ear": to hear by accident. Listening in on purpose is gizlice dinlemek — a different deed.
  • kendini dayatmak
    impose oneself
    dayamak is to prop, dayatmak to force: "to prop oneself onto someone". About people and about opinions.
  • sözünde durmak
    keep one’s word
    söz is a word, durmak to stand: "to stand on one’s word". The similar sözünü tutmak means the same.
  • hak etmek
    deserve
    hak is a right, a due (Arabic). Bunu hak ettin — you earned this; said in praise and in reproach alike.
  • sitem etmek
    reproach
    sitem is a quiet reproach with hurt in it, not a row. Harsher is azarlamak, to bawl out; sitem is always softer and sadder.
  • takdir etmek
    commend
    takdir is an appraisal by merit (Arabic). Övmek is to praise; takdir etmek is to note a merit, and the office says exactly that.
  • ayıplamak
    disapprove of
    dotless ı: a-yıp-la-MAK
  • yüzüstü bırakmak
    let down
    ü three times: YÜ-züs-tü bı-rak-MAK
  • mahsus
    purposely
    Arabic. Bilerek, on purpose, is neutral; mahsus leans toward mischief: mahsus yaptım — I did it just to tease.
  • aptallık edip
    out of foolishness
    aptal is silly, -lık the quality, etmek to do, -ip 'having done': 'having done a foolishness'. The tail -ip ties two actions of one person.
  • iyi niyetle
    with the best of intentions
    niyet is intention (Arabic), -le "with". Its pair is kötü niyetle, with ill intent; both phrases live in court and in kitchen talk.
  • bu ayıp
    that’s shameful
    ayıp is shame; adults say Ayıp! to a child in one word. The verdict is moral, not aesthetic.
  • kötü niyetle yapmadı
    he meant no harm
    The same niyet, but with kötü and a negation: "he did not do it with ill intent". The ordinary way to stand up for a person.
  • güven
    trust
    ü rounded: gü-VEN
  • kıskançlık
    envy
    dotless ı, ç like "ch": kıs-kanç-LIK
  • acıma
    pity
    acı is pain, acımak to hurt and to pity at once: dişim acıyor — my tooth hurts, sana acıyorum — I feel for you. Acıma is the noun of action.
  • etki
    influence
    From etmek, to do: etki is an effect. A side effect is yan etki, the greenhouse effect sera etkisi.
  • saygınlık
    prestige
    dotless ı: say-gın-LIK
  • karşılıklı olarak
    mutually
    karşı is opposite, karşılık a response, karşılıklı mutual. Karşılıklı oturduk — we sat facing each other.
  • eşit şartlarda
    on equal terms
    şart is a condition, eşit equal: "in equal conditions". Its neighbor eşit düzeyde is about values, not about people.
  • geçinmek
    get along
    geçmek is to pass, and -in- is reflexive: to get along with each other. The same verb means "to make ends meet": az parayla geçiniyoruz.
  • uzak durmak
    keep away from
    uzak is far, durmak to stand: "to stand far". It demands the from-where tail: kavgadan uzak durmak — to keep away from the fight.
  • koca
    husband
    A trap: the same word also means "huge". In official language the gender-neutral eş is preferred for "spouse".
  • karı
    wife
    Sounds a bit rough in conversation — eş or hanım is politer. Spelling trap: karı with a dotless ı.
  • insanlar
    people
    From the Arabic insan, "human being". After a number there is no plural: beş insan.
  • kaynana
    husband's mother
    old folk word, warm and loaded; the bookish name is kayınvalide. Dergi jokes live here
  • kayınvalide
    wife's mother
    kayın "in-law" plus valide "mother" (Arabic): the formal title. Kayın is the in-law prefix all round
  • kayınpeder
    husband's father
    kayın plus peder "father" (Persian): the bookish title for the father-in-law. Everyday speech says "kayınata"
  • enişte
    brother-in-law
    enişte — ş "sh": e-NISH-te
  • yenge
    sister-in-law
    mirror of enişte: the brother's or son's wife. A respectful address for a young married woman too
  • yeğen
    nephew
    old Turkic, once any kinsman, now narrowed. The girl version is "yeğen kız" or the solid "yeğenim"
  • kız yeğen
    niece
    Putting kız in front makes any family term female: kız yeğen (niece), kız torun (granddaughter), kız kardeş (sister).
  • kız torun
    granddaughter
    "girl grandchild": torun plus the kız sorter. The boys get plain torun
  • ikizler
    twins
    ikiz "twin" with a plural: born as a pair. The zodiac Gemini wears the same name
  • hısım
    kin
    Relatives by marriage, as opposed to akraba, kin by blood; it is often heard as a pair: hısım akraba.
  • ağabey
    older brother
    Written with three syllables but pronounced abi. A younger brother is simply erkek kardeş.
  • küçük kız kardeş
    little sister
    küçük "small" plus girl-sibling: stacked modifiers, no endings. "Küçük erkek kardeş" is the brother version
  • tek çocuk
    only child
    tek "single" plus çocuk: the one-and-only child. "Tek" does for shoes and tickets too
  • kuzin
    female cousin
    The French female counterpart of kuzen. The older way is more precise: amca kızı, the daughter of your father's brother.
  • üvey anne
    stepmother
    övey is "step-": not by blood. The same övey builds "üvey baba", "üvey kardeş"
  • üvey baba
    stepfather
    The partner of üvey anne: üvey carries all the meaning of "step-," and the second word just names the parent.
  • yetim
    orphan
    Arabic yatīm, the Qur'anic word for a child who lost a father. "Yetim yemeği" is charity food
  • dul kadın
    widow
    dul is Persian "widowed": the marked word for a woman alone. A widower is "dul erkek"
  • eş
    spouse
    Does not mark gender: it means both husband and wife. A second meaning is the mate of a pair: ayakkabının eşi, "the other shoe of the pair."
  • hanım
    wife
    hanım is "lady", from khan. As a kin word it is the wife; on the street it is plain "Madam"
  • iki kişi
    the two of us
    Literally "two people": Turkish counts people where English says "together". Alone with no one else around — baş başa.
  • kişi
    a person (when counting)
    insan is a human being in general; kişi is the one you count: üç kişi, kaç kişi? After a number there is no plural ending.

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How it sounds in a sentence

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What is worth knowing about these words

arkadaş — friend. From arka, "the back": literally "the one at your back". Both a buddy and a colleague; a close friend is a dost.

aile — family. An Arabic word, no harmony in the root. From it, ailece — "as a family": the tail -ce turns a noun into an adverb.

anne — mom. The ordinary word for mother, not baby talk — adults say it too. An older woman outside the family is teyze, "aunt", never anne.

baba — dad. Like anne, it suits child and adult alike. An older man outside the family is amca, "uncle". From it, babaanne — the grandmother on the father's side.

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How to learn the set instead of just reading it

Mum, friend, child, neighbour. The first thing people ask you about, and the first thing you tell about yourself.

A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.

Frequently asked

How do you say “friend” in Turkish?

«arkadaş». From arka, "the back": literally "the one at your back". Both a buddy and a colleague; a close friend is a dost. It is one of 196 words in the set “people and family” — the rest are in the table above.

How many family words do you need to start?

The whole set on this page is 196 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.

Is there audio?

Yes, 196 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.

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