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- [A] dank, humid, wet
- [N] age, year
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1. damp; moist. 2. fresh {fruit} {as opposed to dried}. 3. tears {in a person´s eyes}: bir damla yaş a tear. 4. slang bad, rough, tough. 5. slang alcohol, liquor, booze.
__ akıtmak/dökmek to shed tears, cry, weep.
__ın arasında/yanında kuru da yanar. proverb Sometimes the innocent suffer along with the guilty.
__lara boğulmak to cry one´s eyes out, cry a river.
__ını içine akıtmak to cry inwardly, hide one´s grief.
__ kesen, baş keser. proverb A person who needlessly cuts down trees is a kind of murderer.
__ odun green wood, freshly cut wood.
__ tahtaya/yere basmak to be duped, be swindled, be taken in. |
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1. age {of a person}: Kaç yaşındasın? How old are you? Şebnem on yedi yaşındadır. Şebnem is seventeen years old. 2. age, period, time, stage {of life}: Her yaşın ayrı sorunları var. Every stage of life presents a person with a different set of problems.
__ını {başını} almak to be old.
__ına başına bakmadan {doing something} without stopping to consider whether or not it behooves one´s years {said disapprovingly}.
__ı benzemesin. May he not go to such an early grave! {said when comparing someone living to someone who died young}.
__ günü birthday.
__ haddi 1. age limit. 2. mandatory retirement age.
__ı ne, başı ne? colloq. He´s too young and inexperienced to do this./He´s still wet behind the ears.
__ yetmiş, iş bitmiş. 1. proverb Once a person has reached seventy, he´s no longer able to work very efficiently. 2. He´s old and past it./ I´m on the shelf {said of or by an old person}. |
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mourning.
__ tutmak to mourn, be in mourning. |
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