Turkish/List of Verbs

Some verbs 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 : sormakTo 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 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 toan-: mention, remember (Present Tense: anar-) anır-: to make donkey noisesanımsa-: recall, remember anla-: understand anlat-: tell, explain anlaş-: to agreeara-: 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 bağır-: to shout bağlan-: to connect bak-: look; look after (Present Tense: bakar-) bakın-: to look around ban-: to dip into something bandır-: to dip into something (synonym with ban-) barın-: to take shelter barış-: to make peace bas-: to stepbaşla-: 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 gobil-: 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 unitebit-: 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 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 translateçık-: 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 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 weavedokun-: 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 transformdöv-: beat, whip (Present Tense: döver-) dövüş-: to fight dur-: to stop (intransative) durdur-: to stop (transativeduy-: hear; feel, sense (Present Tense: duyar-) duyur-: to announce dürt-: to pokedüş-: fall off, drop, come down (Present Tense: düşer-) düşün-: think, consider düzel-: (from a bad position) to improve, to get better E 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 fışkır-: to squirt frenle-: to break (stop a vehicle) G 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 hapşır-: to sneeze harca-: to spend haşla-: to boil (a food) havla-: to bark haykır-: to shout I ısın-: to heat up (intransative) ısır-: to bite ısıt-: to heat up (transative) İ iç-: to drink içer-: to contain iğren-: to be disgusted ilet-: to transmit in-: to step out, to disembark inan-: to believe indir-: to lower iste-: to want işe-: (slang) to pee işit-: synonymous with duymak it-: to push izle-: to watch K 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 mayış-: to get sleepy O 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 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 patla-: to explode piş-: to cook (intransative) pişir-: to cook (transative) püskür-: to spray (intransative) püskürt-: to spray (transative) S 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 believe (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 şaş-: to get surprized şaşır-: synonymous with şaşmak şımar-: to become spoiled (for people) şiş-: to swell şişir-: to inflate T 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 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 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 var-: to arrive varsay-: to assume vazgeç-: to give up ver-: to give vur-: to hit Y 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)