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Shopping and money in Turkish

85 words in Turkish on the topic “shopping and money”: ne kadar? — how much is it?, lira — lira, dükkân — shop, pazar — street market. 85 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

85 words on the topic

  • ne kadar?
    how much is it?
    Literally "how much". This is exactly how you ask about a price.
  • lira
    lira
    Written "TL" — Türk lirası. The ₺ sign only appeared in 2012.
  • dükkân
    shop
    A small shop, a street-front store. The chain grocery is market, the mall is AVM.
  • pazar
    street market
    The same word means "Sunday": the neighborhood market was set up on Sundays and the day took its name from it. To speak of the day, people say pazar günü.
  • tezgâh
    counter
    the g before â is soft, with a light y after it: tez-GYAH
  • 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.
  • terazi
    scales
    The same root as the zodiac sign Libra — Terazi. In Turkish it is one word, not a pair.
  • kilo
    kilo
    The full kilogram almost never appears in speech: at the market people say bir kilo.
  • taze
    fresh
    At the market they shout taze taze! — repeating the word boosts it, a very Turkish trick.
  • olgun
    ripe
    A ripe fruit and a mature person: olgun bir insan is "a sensible person".
  • fiyat etiketi
    price tag
    fiyat is "price", etiket is "label". The tail -i on the second word fuses the pair into one notion: "the label of price".
  • pahalı
    expensive
    paha is "price", -lı is "with": literally "with a price". The same suffix as in lezzetli.
  • ucuz
    cheap
    c as "j" in "jam": u-JUZ
  • indirim
    discount
    indirmek is "to bring down" — a price included. Shop windows say %50 indirim.
  • para üstü
    change (money)
    Literally "what is on top of the money". You ask for it like this: Para üstü var mı?
  • fiş
    receipt
    ş is "sh": feesh
  • Borcum ne kadar?
    how much do I owe?
    borç is "debt", borcum is "my debt". The voiceless ç voices into c before a vowel: borç becomes borcum.
  • Bu çok pahalı
    that is expensive
    The opening move of haggling. It is said with a smile: without one it is already a reproach to the seller.
  • Biraz indirim yapar mısınız?
    could you go lower?
    Literally "would you make a little discount?". The question is assembled from the particle mı and the polite -sınız.
  • Bunu alıyorum
    I will take it
    almak is both "to take" and "to buy". bunu is "this" with the object tail -u: the object is specific, this very one.
  • Bana gerek yok
    I do not need it
    Literally "I have no need" — with yok. The polite refusal for a pushy seller.
  • bir tane daha
    one more
    tane is a counting word like "piece": bir tane, iki tane. daha is "more", and it always comes after.
  • market
    grocery store
    The corner shop. The big one is süpermarket, and the tiny counter shop is a bakkal.
  • sepet
    basket
    A shopping basket and a basketball hoop — no "basket" loan needed.
  • sıra
    line (queue)
    both ı dotless: suh-RA
  • kasa
    checkout
    Both the checkout in a shop and the safe. The cashier is kasiyer, same root.
  • poşet
    plastic bag
    Plastic bags at the till have cost money since 2019, which is why you hear the question every time.
  • açık
    open (on a sign)
    Also "light" about color: açık mavi is "light blue". And "clear": açık hava is "clear weather".
  • kapalı
    closed (on a sign)
    kapı is "door", kapalı is "with the door shut". Hence also Kapalıçarşı — Istanbul's Covered Bazaar.
  • seçmek
    to choose
    The root of seçim, 'elections'. The word ends in -mek because the last vowel of the root is e.
  • beden
    size (clothing)
    The word itself means "body"; in a shop they ask kaç beden? — "what size?". Shoe size is numara.
  • garanti
    warranty
    From French garantie. In conversation it also means "for sure": "Garanti gelir," "he'll definitely come." In a store people ask "garantisi kaç yıl?" The warranty certificate is garanti belgesi, and without it repairs cost money.
  • iade
    a return
    iade — i-a-DE
  • reklam
    advertising
    From French réclame. A commercial break is reklam arası, and a pushy promotional text is reklam mesajı. The verb that goes with it is yapmak: reklam yapmak, to advertise.
  • reklam filmi
    commercial
    Literally "advertising film": Turkish does not separate a commercial from a film, both are film. The short online version is reklam videosu, and its music is reklam müziği.
  • marka
    brand
    From Italian marca. It means both a trademark and a car make: "Arabanın markası ne?" A fake is sahte, and a brand store is marka mağazası.
  • logo
    logo
    The international word logo, taking back-vowel endings after o: logoyu, logoda. There is also amblem, "emblem," but in speech and in a brief to a designer people say logo.
  • indirim kampanyası
    sale
    indirim is the discount, the price side, and kampanya is the period during which a store lowers prices. Shop windows say it with one word in big letters: İNDİRİM. An end-of-season sale is sezon sonu indirimi.
  • avantajlı teklif
    good deal
    avantaj is "advantage" (from French), and -lı turns it into a feature; teklif is an offer, from Arabic. This is how rate plans and packages are labeled. The verb teklif etmek can also mean proposing marriage.
  • fiyatları karşılaştırmak
    to compare prices
    karşı is "opposite, facing," and karşılaştırmak sets things face to face. Price comparison websites are called just that: fiyat karşılaştırma sitesi.
  • paket
    pack
    a pack, a parcel, a plan: "bir paket makarna" — a pack of pasta. paket göndermek is to send a parcel
  • cam
    glass, the material
    cam — one syllable: jam
  • metal
    metal
    From French. Iron is demir, steel çelik, copper bakır; metal covers them all. "Metal para" means coins.
  • plastik
    plastic
    From French plastique. The final k softens before a vowel ending: plastiği. A plastik poşet is a plastic bag, and Turkish shops charge for it separately.
  • kâğıt
    paper
    kâğıt — kaaa-UHT
  • dayanıklı
    durable
    dayanıklı — dotless ı twice: da-ya-nuhk-LUH
  • kaliteli
    high-quality
    kalite French qualité + -li: with quality. The shopkeeper's favorite adjective
  • alışveriş merkezi
    shopping mall
    alışveriş — ş "sh", dotless ı: a-luhsh-ve-RISH
  • vitrin
    shop window
    From French vitrine, from the same root as vitre, "windowpane." "Vitrinde gördüm" means "I saw it in the shop window," and "vitrin gezmek" means window-shopping.
  • kasiyer
    cashier
    From French caissier. The till itself is kasa. "Kasiyere ödedim" means "I paid the cashier."
  • satın alma
    purchase
    satın alma — sa-TUHN al-MA
  • puan kartı
    loyalty card
    puan kartı — poo-AN kar-TUH
  • hediye paketi
    gift wrapping
    a possessive: "the gift package". "Hediye paketi yapar mısınız?" — will you wrap it as a gift?
  • alışveriş arabası
    shopping cart
    alışveriş arabası — a-luhsh-ve-RISH a-ra-ba-SUH
  • ürünü değiştirmek
    to exchange an item
    ürünü değiştirmek — uu-ruu-NUU dee-ish-tir-MEK
  • iade yapmak
    to process a return
    iade means "a return"; yapmak turns the noun into an action. From the shop's side it is iade almak, from the buyer's side iade etmek. The usual window is fourteen days.
  • defolu
    defective
    defo is French défaut, "flaw"; -lu means "with." Sales signs say defolu ürün, "defective goods." The legal term for the same thing is ayıplı mal.
  • beden olmadı
    the size did not fit
    beden means both "body" and "clothing size"; olmadı means "it didn't work." Shoes are measured not by beden but by numara. Loose is bol, tight is dar.
  • fişi saklamak
    to keep the receipt
    fişi saklamak — fi-SHI sak-la-MAK
  • bu sahte
    it is a fake
    sahte is Persian for "fake": sahte para, sahte diploma. An honest copy of a famous brand is called taklit, "imitation," and at the bazaar people say that word openly.
  • ürün stokta var
    in stock
    ürün stokta var — uu-RUUN stok-TA var
  • başka renkle değiştirmek
    to exchange for a different color
    başka renkle değiştirmek — bash-KA renk-LE dee-ish-tir-MEK
  • kol saati
    wristwatch
    "an arm clock": kol the arm, saat the hour. The wrist wears it; the phone tells it better
  • parfüm
    perfume
    parfüm — par-FUUM
  • kozmetik
    cosmetics
    From French. Makeup is makyaj malzemesi, while kozmetik is broader: creams and shampoos too. "Kozmetik ürünleri" is a whole section of a store.
  • ikinci el
    second-hand
    Literally "second hand." Ads and whole shops are labeled this way. Something old and valuable is antika, and something just old is eski.
  • pazarlık etmek
    to bargain
    pazarlık etmek — pa-zar-LUHK et-MEK
  • kitapçı
    bookstore
    ç like "ch", dotless ı: ki-tap-CHI
  • toptan
    wholesale
    top is a bale, a whole lot; -tan the from-where form. Its pair is perakende, retail. A wholesaler is toptancı.
  • garanti süresi
    warranty period
    garanti is warranty, süre a term. In the shop they ask: garanti süresi ne kadar? The warranty certificate is garanti belgesi.
  • siparişe özel
    made to order
    ş like "sh", ö rounded: si-pa-ri-ŞE ö-ZEL
  • almak
    to take
    Also "to buy": ekmek aldım is both "I took bread" and "I bought bread". Context decides.
  • vermek
    to give
    The "to whom" takes the -a/-e tail: bana verin, "give me". The tail is required.
  • satın almak
    to buy
    Literally "to take for sale". Used where plain almak would be ambiguous.
  • Kilosu kaça?
    how much per kilo?
    kilosu is "its kilo", the possessive tail points at the goods; kaça is the directional of kaç.
  • İndirim var mı?
    is there a discount?
    var mı is "is there"; the particle is written separately and keeps harmony: mı, mi, mu, mü.
  • Sizde ... var mı?
    do you have...?
    the where form on siz: literally "is it present with you?". The goods go in the middle, and the polite siz is a must.
  • Bunu alayım
    I will take this one
    The -ayım of wishing: 'let me take'. The firm version is bunu alıyorum.
  • Bana bir poşet lazım
    I need a bag
    lazım is "needed", and the person stands in the -a/-e tail with it: bana, not ben.
  • Kasa nerede?
    where is the checkout?
    nerede is the where form of the question word nere: "in what place". kasa itself is the till.
  • Hepsi bu kadar
    that is all
    hepsi is "all of it", already with a possessive tail. At the till it means "I am taking nothing more".
  • Nakit mi, kartla mı?
    cash or card?
    The "or" in a question is two particles mi, not a conjunction; kartla is the instrumental on -la.
  • Üstü kalsın
    keep the change
    Literally "let the top stay": üst is what sits on top of the sum. The change itself is para üstü.
  • alışveriş listesi
    shopping list
    A link: liste becomes listesi. Built on the same pattern as yapılacaklar listesi.

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ne kadar? — how much is it? Literally "how much". This is exactly how you ask about a price.

lira — lira. Written "TL" — Türk lirası. The ₺ sign only appeared in 2012.

dükkân — shop. A small shop, a street-front store. The chain grocery is market, the mall is AVM.

pazar — street market. The same word means "Sunday": the neighborhood market was set up on Sundays and the day took its name from it. To speak of the day, people say pazar günü.

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How much it costs, whether there is a smaller one, whether cards are accepted. A shop forgives mistakes: miss a word and they will show you the thing with their hands anyway.

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How do you say “how much is it?” in Turkish?

«ne kadar?» Literally "how much". This is exactly how you ask about a price. It is one of 85 words in the set “shopping and money” — the rest are in the table above.

How many shopping words do you need to start?

The whole set on this page is 85 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.

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