yeşim
jade
yetenek
aptitude, ability, talent
yeter
enough, sufficient
yetim
orphan
yetimhane
orphanage
yetişmek
to reach, to arrive,
to catch (a train)/to grow
yetiştirmek
to grow, to raise /
to breed
yetki
authority, power
yetmek
to be enough, to suf-
fice, to last
yetmiş
seventy
yığın
heap, pile / crowd
yığmak
to pile up, to mass, to
collect in a heap / to accumu-
late
yıkamak
to wash
yıkıcı
destructive
yıkılmak
to fall down, to col-
lapse
yıkmak
to destroy, to ruin, to
pull down
yıl
year
yılan
snake
yılbaşı
New Year’s Day
yıldırım
lightning, thunderbolt
yıldız
star / movie star
yıl dönümü
anniversary
yıllık
annual, yearly / year-
book
yıpratmak
to wear out
yırtıcı
ferocious, tearing
yırtık
torn
yırtılmak
to be torn
yırtmaç
silt (in a garment)
yırtmak
to tear, to rend, to slit
yine
again
yinede
still, nevertheless
yirmi
twenty
yirminci
twentieth
yitik
lost
yitirmek
to lose
yiyecek
food
yoğun
thick, dense
yoğunluk
thickness, density
yoğurt
yoghurt
yok
there is not, not present,
absent
yokluk
lack, poverty / absence
yoksa
otherwise, or else, if not, or
yoksul
poor
yokuş
slope, rise, ascent
yokuş aşağı
downhill
yokuş yukarı
uphill
yol
road, way, street / method
/ means
yolcu
passenger
yolculuk
travelling, journey,
voyage
yol göstermek
to guide, to
show the way
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