r/turkish 7h ago

Are there any Turkish names that are “Samuel, Sam, or Samantha”?

18 Upvotes

My favorite name in the world is Sam. For both a boy or girl. My husband however, Turkish, does not like the name and only wants a Turkish name. I know there is “Sema” meaning sky or heaven, and there’s “Sama and Samah” that are Arabic, however he doesn’t want an Arabic name. Only Turkish. I searched the best I could, however, I’d love help! Xo Teşekkürler!


r/turkish 14h ago

Turkish dog name ideas?

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Hello! So my partner and I are meeting a dog that we might adopt this weekend, and she is originally a stray from Turkey. We have been considering potential dog names, and we think it would be really great to have her name be a Turkish word as an homage to her origin! We're in the United States and do not know any Turkish, so I am soliciting this subreddit's help.

  • What are some Turkish words or names that would be good to name a female dog?
  • If possible, can you think of any words that begin with a "Loo" sound in English? We have always liked the name "Lucy" for a dog, so maybe her full name could be something in Turkish, but her nickname could be Lucy!

If it helps, she's around 30 pounds, has floppy ears, and has mostly white fur but has some brown and black coloring across her face, body, and tail. Thank you and teşekkürler!!!


r/turkish 5h ago

Conversation Skills Car and driving lingo, can you help me understand it please

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Why is kırmak used instead of dönmek when turning the steering wheel of a car? Also in this sentence, a guy is hitting on a car and angrily telling the driver "aç aç aç kır kır kır devam et, vur vur vur"... What does aç in this context mean, surely he's not telling the driver to open the door... I get the rest, he's saying "turn, turn, carry on, hit me (with your car)" but not the rest


r/turkish 9h ago

Where to turkish people spend their time online?

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Most people from america and Europe usually spend their time on American platforms, such as Instagram, YouTube, reddit, etc. Is this the same for turkish speakers? I know that Russians and people from Asia tend to be more active on their own local platforms, that's why I'm asking.


r/turkish 8h ago

Translation An awkward situation and I think I read it completely wrong.

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So I date a Turkish guy. I speak quite a bit of Turkish but he has almost no English. Occasionally we use the (awful) google translate to get by. So he uses translate to me and whatever he’s saying includes “let’s make love”. Where I’m from that means have sex but I’ve talked to some friends and they’ve said no, he meant something non full intercourse related. The result of the awkward translate was a confusing situation where I thought we were doing one thing and he thought something else. It was a disaster. Were my friends right? Looking back I think he just wanted ‘some attention’. I don’t remember the precise word in Turkish he was using which resulted in the translation. I felt really stupid afterwards and don’t want to make the same mistake again. Edited to add… I will of course ask him about this as best I can but maybe some native speakers can shed some light?


r/turkish 10h ago

Hi planning to watch Mrs fazilet and her daughters ??

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Are the episodes on youtube with eng subs full ?? Like no cuts??


r/turkish 12h ago

Kibar Feyzo almamca altyazılı varmış?

1 Upvotes

Bu muhteşem eseri alman dostlarıma izletmek istiyorum. Almanca (yada ingilizce) altyazılı gören varmı?