Turkish/List of Verbs
Some verbs[edit | edit source]
All verbs are shown in the infinitive, i.e. to go, to say. Turkish infinitives end with the suffix -mak or -mek, in accordance with the principles of vowel harmony (see Vowel Classifications and Harmony)
A
to answer : cevaplamak
to applaud : alkışlamak
to ask : sormak
To arrange : organize etmek
B
to blame : suçlamak
to borrow : ödünç almak
to bury : gömmek
to buy : satın almak
C
to close : kapamak
to comb : taramak
to come : gelmek
to congratulate : kutlamak
to congratulate : tebrik etmek
to cook : pişirmek
to count : saymak
to create: yaratmak
to cry : ağlamak or bağırmak
to cut : kesmek
D
to die : ölmek
to dive : dalmak
to divide : bölmek
to do : yapmak
to draw : çizmek
to drink : içmek
E
to eat : yemek
to erase : silmek
F
to fight : savaşmak
to fight : kavga etmek
to fly : uçmak
to fry : kızartmak
G
to gather : toplamak
to get : almak
to give : vermek
to go : gitmek
H
to hurry : acele etmek
I
to invite : davet etmek
J
K
to knot : ōrmek
to know : bilmek
L
to learn : öğrenmek
to listen : dinlemek
M
to make peace : barışmak
to meet : tanışmak
to multiply : çarpmak
N
O
to occupy : işgal etmek
to open : açmak
P
to put on : giymek
Q
There is no Q in Turkish
R
to read : okumak
to remove : çıkarmak
to respect : saymak
to run : koşmak
S
to say : söylemek
to say : demek
to see : görmek
to sell : satmak
to send : göndermek
to sit : oturmak
to smile : gülmek
to stand up : kalkmak
to study : öğrenmek
to stutter : pepelemek
to swim : yüzmek
T
to take : almak
to talk : konuşmak
to teach : öğretmek
to translate : çevirmek
to try : denemek
to turn : dönmek
U
to understand : bilmek
to use : kullanmak
V
W
to walk : yürümek
to want : istemek
to watch : bakmak
to watch : seyretmek
to work : çalışmak
to write : yazmak
X
There is no X in Turkish.
Y
Z
A[edit | edit source]
abart-: exaggerate
acı-: to hurt (intransative)
acıt-: to hurt (transative)
acık-: get hungry
aç-: open (Present Tense: açar-)
açıkla-: explain
ada-: dedicate
affet-: forgive (Present Tense: affeder-)
ağar-: bleach, whiten
ağırla-: entertain, host
ağla-: cry
ağrı-: ache
ak-: flow, drain (Present Tense: akar-)
aksa-: to hinder (intransative)
aksat-: to hinder (transative)
aktar-: transfer, cite, pass on
al-: take; buy (Present Tense: alır-)
aldat-: cheat, mislead
aldır-: to care (about something)
alış-: to get used to
an-: mention, remember (Present Tense: anar-)
anır-: to make donkey noises
anımsa-: recall, remember
anla-: understand
anlat-: tell, explain
anlaş-: to agree
ara-: look for, search, to phone
araştır-: look into, research, seek, study
arıt-: to sanitize
art-: increase
atla-: hop, jump, leap
as-: to hang (transative)
asıl-: to hang (intransative)
aş-: get over
aşın-: to erode (intransative)
at-: throw
ata-: to appoint
avla-: to hunt
ayır-: to separate
az-: get furious, get horny
azal-: to decrease
azlet-: to impeach
B[edit | edit source]
bağır-: to shout
bağlan-: to connect
bak-: look; look after (Present Tense: bakar-)
bakın-: to look around
ban-: to dip into somehting
bandır-: to dip into something (synonym with ban-)
barın-: to take shelter
barış-: to make peace
bas-: to step
başla-: begin, start
başar-: to succeed (after a more difficult task with a longer-lasting effect compared to becermek)
başvurmak-: to apply (send an application), to consult, to resort
bat-: to sink (intransative)
batır-: to sink (transative)
bayıl-: to faint
becer-: to succeed (after a more trivial job compared to başarmak)
beğen-: to like
bekle-: to wait
belir-: to appear
belirt-: to state (something)
benze-: to be similar to something
besle-: to feed, to harbour
bez-: to have enough (not wanting any more)
bırak-: to let go
bil-: know (Present Tense: bilir-)
bildir-: declare, report
bin-: get on; mount (Present Tense: biner-)
bindir-: (slang) to crash, to fuck
birik-: to accumulate
biriktir-: to save (money), to collect (make a collection)
birleş-: to unite
bit-: finish; culminate (Present Tense: biter-)
bitir-: to end (transative)
boğ-: to drown (someone)
boğul-: to drown (intransative)
boz-: to disrupt, to spoil (something)
boşal-: to empty (intransative), to cum
boşalt-: to empty (transative)
boya-: to paint
bozdur-: to exchange cash into smaller units
bozul-: to break down, to spoil
böğür-: to make cow noises
böl-: to divide
bölüş-: to split (something between people)
buda-: to trim (a tree's branches)
bul-: find (Present Tense: bulur-)
bulun-: to be, to stay on (similar to German sich befinden)
buluş-: come together, meet
bunal-: to get very bored
buna-: to get dementia
burk-: to sprain, to twist
buyur-: to decree, to order
bük-: to bend
büyü-: to grow
büz-: to contract, to shir
Ç[edit | edit source]
çağır-: to call, to summon
çak-: to high-five, (slang) to understand
çakıl-: to crash into ground
çaktır-: (slang) to get noticed (while doing a thing secretly)
çal-: steal; ring; play (an instrument)
çalış-: work
çarp-: to crash, to collide, to smite, to electrocute, (mathematically) to multiply
çatış-: to clash
çatla-: to crack
çek-: to pull
çeliş-: to contradict
çevir-: to rotate, to translate
çık-: get out; come up; go out (Present Tense: çıkar-)
çıkar-: to subtract, to remove
çıkart-: synonymous with çıkarmak
çıldır-: to become crazy, to get very angry (used more often for the latter compared to delirmek)
çırp-: to stir, to shake
çiftleş-: to mate
çimlen-: (slang) to munch on
çoğal-: to multiply (intransative)
çoğalt-: to multiply (transative)
çiz-: to draw
çök-: to collapse
çömel-: to squat
çöz-: to solve
çözün-: to dissolve (in a liquid)
çürü-: to decay, to rot (intransative)
çürüt-: to decay, to rot (transative), to debunk
D[edit | edit source]
dağıl-: to disperse
dağıt-: to distribute
dal-: dive
danış-: to consult
davran-: to behave
daya-: to lean on (transative), (slang) to fuck
dayan-: to lean on (intransative), (slang) to fuck
dayat-: to impose
de-: say
değ-: to touch (unintentionally)
değin-: mention
değiş-: to change
del-: to penetrate
delir-: to become crazy, to get very angry (used more often for the former compared to çıldırmak)
demle-: to brew
dene-: to try
derle-: to compile
deş-: to make a large amount of holes
devir-: to knock down
dik-: to erect (something), to sew
dilen-: to beg
din-: to calm down (for events)
dinle-: to listen
dinlen-: to rest
diren-: to resist
diril-: to get resurrected
diz-: to lay (something)
doğ-: be born; arise (Present Tense: doğar-)
doğrul-: to straighten
doğur-: to give birth
doku-: to weave
dokun-: touch; affect
dol-: fill up, to be filled, charge (Present Tense: dolar-)
dolaş-: walk around; roam; stray
dolan-: to take a longer road (opposite of taking a shortcut)
domal-: to bend over
don-: to freeze
donat-: to equip
doy-: to get saturated
dök-: to pour
dön-: to turn, to rotate, to spin
dönüş-: to transform
döv-: beat, whip (Present Tense: döver-)
dövüş-: to fight
dur-: to stop (intransative)
durdur-: to stop (transative
duy-: hear; feel, sense (Present Tense: duyar-)
duyur-: to announce
dürt-: to poke
düş-: fall off, drop, come down (Present Tense: düşer-)
düşün-: think, consider
düzel-: (from a bad position) to improve, to get better
E[edit | edit source]
edin-: to acquire
eğ-: to bend
eğil-: to bend over
eğit-: to educate
ek-: to plant
ekle-: to add
ekşi-: to become sour
ele-: to eliminate
elle-: to tamper, to touch, to grope
em-: to suck (something)
emzir-: to breastfeed
eri-: to melt
eriş-: to reach
eski-: to wear down
es-: (for a wind) to blow
esne-: to stretch (intransative), to yawn
esnet-: to strech (transative)
et-: (auxillary verb)
etkile-: to affect
evlen-: to marry
ez-: to crush
F[edit | edit source]
fışkır-: to squirt
frenle-: to break (stop a vehicle)
G[edit | edit source]
geber-: (rude) to die
gecik-: to delay
geç-: to pass
geçir-: to go through (an event)
geğir-: to burp
gel-: to come
geliş-: to develop
ger-: to strech
geril-: to get tense
genleş-: to expand (chemistry)
gerek-: to be required, to be necessary
getir-: to bring
gevşe-: to relax
gez-: to wander
gider-: to satisfy (a need)
gir-: to enter
giriş-: to undertake
git-: to go
giy-: to wear
gizle-: to hide
göm-: to bury
gönder-: to send, (slang) to roast implicitly
gör-: to see
görüş-: to meet
göster-: to show
götür-: to take away
gözle-: to observe
gözük-: to be seen, to be visible
gül-: to laugh
güven-: to trust
H[edit | edit source]
hapşır-: to sneeze
harca-: to spend
haşla-: to boil (a food)
havla-: to bark
haykır-: to shout
I[edit | edit source]
ısın-: to heat up (intransative)
ısır-: to bite
ısıt-: to heat up (transative)
İ[edit | edit source]
iç-: to drink
içer-: to contain
iğren-: to be disgusted
ilet-: to transmit
in-: to step out, to disembark
inan-: to beleive
indir-: to lower
iste-: to want
işe-: (slang) to pee
işit-: synonymous with duymak
it-: to push
izle-: to watch
K[edit | edit source]
kabar-: to swell
kaç-: to run away
kaçın-: to avoid
kaçır-: to kidnap
kal-: to stay
kalk-: to stand up
kaldır-: to lift
kalkın-: to develop (for a region or a country)
kalkış-: to undertake, to attempt
kan-: to be tricked into something
kana-: to bleed
kandır-: to trick
kanırt-: to use a lot of force
kap-: to catch
kapa-: to close
kapat-: synonymous with kapamak
kapla-: to cover
kapsa-: to contain
karış-: to mix
kas-: to contract, (slang) to tryhard something
kaşı-: to scratch
kat-: to add (a matter into another)
katıl-: to join
katla-: to fold
katlan-: to endure
kavra-: to grip
kavrul-: to be roasted (literally)
kavur-: to roast (literally)
kavuş-: to come together after a long time
kay-: to slip
kayna-: to boil, (slang) to cut a queue/line
kaz-: to dig
kazan-: to win
kemir-: to nibble
kes-: to cut
kırp-: to trim, göz kırp-: to wink
kına-: to condemn
kır-: to break
kıs-: to turn down
kıy-: to sacrifice, to let go
kız-: to get angry
kızar-: to fry
kok-: to smell (intransative)
kokla-: to smell (transative)
konuş-: to speak
kop-: break off
kork-: to get scared
koru-: to protect
koş-: to run
kov-: to fire (someone)
koy-: to put
köpür-: to bubble
kudur-: to get angry/triggered, (slang) to get horny
kur-: to set up
kurtar-: to save (something from something)
kurtul-: to get rid of (something)
kuru-: to dry up
kus-: to throw up
kutla-: to celebrate
kükre-: to roar
küs-: to get offended
M[edit | edit source]
mayış-: to get sleepy
O[edit | edit source]
okşa-: to pet
oku-: to read
ol-: to be, to become
oluş-: to be made out of
onar-: to fix
osur-: to fart
otur-: to sit
ov-: to rub
oy-: to bore (a hole)
oyalan-: to idle
oyna-: to play (a game)
Ö[edit | edit source]
öde-: to pay
ödeş-: to square off
öğrenmek-: to learn
öğretmek-: to teach
öksür-: to cough
ölç-: to measure
öl-: to die
öldür-: to kill
öner-: to suggest
önle-: to prevent
öp-: to kiss
ör-: to weave
ört-: to cover
öt-: to ring
öv-: to praise
övün-: to brag
özle-: to miss, to yearn
P[edit | edit source]
patla-: to explode
piş-: to cook (intransative)
pişir-: to cook (transative)
püskür-: to spray (intransative)
püskürt-: to spray (transative)
S[edit | edit source]
saç-: to scatter (something)
sağ-: to milk
sağla-: to ensure
sal-: to let go, (slang) to fart
saldır-: to attack
salla-: to shake
san-: to beleive (mistakenly or doubtfully)
sap-: to deviate
sar-: to wrap, (slang) to enjoy
sarıl-: to hug
sark-: to hang out
sars-: to shake, to tremble
sat-: to sell
savaş-: to battle
savun-: to defend
say-: to count
seç-: to choose
sek-: to bounce, (slang) to get cancelled
ser-: to lay down
serp-: sprinkle
sev-: to like
sez-: to deduce through a feeling
sıç-: to shit
sıçra-: to jump
sığ-: to fit (inside something)
sık-: to squeeze, to bore (someone)
sıkıl-: to be bored
sıkış-: to be squeezed
sına-: to test (someone)
sırıt-: to grin
sıvış-: (slang) to get away
sıyır-: to scrape, (slang) to get away with (something)
sız-: to leak
sızla-: to hurt
sik-: to fuck
silk-: to shake off
sil-: to delete, to erase
sindir-: to digest
soğu-: to cool down (intransative)
soğut-: to cool down (transative)
sok-: to insert
sol-: to fade, to wither
sor-: to ask
soy-: to peel, to undress (someone else), to rob
sök-: to disassemble, to rip off (literal meaning)
sömür-: to exploit someone else's resources
sön-: to blow out
söv-: to swear, to insult
söyle-: to say
suçla-: to accuse
sun-: to present
sus-: to shut up
susa-: to be thirsty
sümkür-: to clean one's nose
süpür-: to brush
sür-: to drive, to go on, to spread (like nutella on bread)
sürt-: to rub
sürün-: to crawl
süz-: to filter, to strain
Ş[edit | edit source]
şaş-: to get surprized
şaşır-: synonymous with şaşmak
şımar-: to become spoiled (for people)
şiş-: to swell
şişir-: to inflate
T[edit | edit source]
tak-: to affix, (slang) to pick on (someone)
takıl-: to be attached, (slang) to mess around
tanı-: to know (of a person)
tanış-: to meet (new people)
tanıt-: to introduce (transative)
tap-: to worship
tara-: to scan, to machine gun
tart-: to weigh (something)
taş-: to spill out
taşı-: to carry
tat-: to taste
tep-: to kick (for animals), to recoil, to backfire
tık-: to shove
tıka-: clog up
tırs-: to chicken out
tiksin-: to be disgusted
topla-: to gather, (mathematically) to add
toplan-: to meet up
toz-: (slang) to flee
tut-: to hold
tutun-: to hold on (to something)
tuzla-: to salt
tüken-: to run out
tüket-: to consume
tükür-: to spit
türe-: to derive
tüt-: to generate smoke
tüy-: (slang) to flee
U[edit | edit source]
uç-: to fly
uğra-: to stop by
uğraş-: to work (on something)
ulaş-: to reach
um-: to hope
unut-: to forget
utan-: to be embarassed
uy-: to fit (with something, into something)
uyan-: to wake up
uyar-: to warn
uydur-: to make up
uyu-: to sleep
Ü[edit | edit source]
üre-: to produce offspring
üret-: to produce
üşen-: to feel lazy
üşü-: to feel cold
üşüt-: to catch cold
ürk-: to startle (intransative)
üz-: to upset (someone)
üzül-: to be upset
V[edit | edit source]
var-: to arrive
varsay-: to assume
vazgeç-: to give up
ver-: to give
vur-: to hit
Y[edit | edit source]
yağ-: to rain
yak-: to burn (something)
yakın-: to complain
yaklaş-: to approach
yalvar-: to beg
yalıt-: to isolate
yan-: to burn (intransative)
yanaş-: to approach (used mostly for ships)
yanıl-: to be mistaken
yansı-: to reflect
yap-: to make
yapış-: to stick (be stuck to)
yar-: to split
yara-: to be useful
yarat-: to create
yardır-: (slang) to start a long job, to fuck
yarış-: to race
yaslan-: to lean on
yaşa-: to live
yaşar-: to become wet
yaşlan-: to get old
yat-: to lie down
yatır-: to lie (something) down, to deposit money in a bank
yatış-: to calm down
yay-: to spread (transative)
yayıl-: to spread (intransative)
yaz-: to write
yazdır-: to print
yazış-: to text with someone
ye-: to eat
yeğelemek-: to prefer
yellen-: (slang) to fuck off
yen-: to win, to defeat (someone)
yenil-: to lose, to be defeated
yerleş-: to settle
yet-: to be enough
yetin-: to be content with something
yetiş-: to catch up
yığ-: to lump together
yık-: to bring down (a building)
yıka-: to wash
yıkan-: to bath
yıl-: (archaic) to get tired
yıpran-: to wear off
yırt-: to rip (something)
yitir-: to lose (possession of something)
yoğur-: to knead
yol-: to pluck
yolla-: to send
yont-: to sculpt
yor-: to tire (someone)
yorul-: to be tired
yönel-: to head towards
yut-: to swallow
yükle-: to load
yüksel-: to raise
yürü-: to walk
yüz-: to swim
yüzleş-: to face (with something)
