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Turkish vocabulary: adjectives

Big, small, easy, expensive, tired: the Turkish adjectives you need to describe a person, an object or a situation.

Here are 100 Turkish words on “Adjectives”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 40 words

TurkishEnglish
daha iyibetter
büyükbig
boşblankSpace or form not filled in
sakincalm
klasikclassic
temizclean
güncelcurrent
tehlikelidangerous
ölüdead
zordifficult
kolayeasyDone without effort
pahalıexpensive
adilfair
yanlışfalse
hızlıfast
şişmanfatHeavily built person or animal
dolufull
memnunglad
serthard
yüksekhigh
inanılmazincredible
ilginçinteresting
uzunlong
alçaklow
başlıcamain
doğalnatural
yeninewRecently appeared or acquired
çok sayıdanumerous
kendine özgüparticular
pratikpractical
çiğraw
ciddiserious
hastasick
basitsimple
küçüksmall
tuhafstrange
güçlüstrong
gerçektrue
benzersizunique
gelecekupcomingComing right after in time

Level 2: medium 35 words

TurkishEnglish
izinliallowed
mevcutavailable
kaygısızcarefree
merkezicentral
rahatcomfortable
eksiksizcomplete
zorunlucompulsory
eğricurved
kurudry
ebedieternal
istisnaiexceptional
doldurulmuşfilled
eğlencelifun
muazzamhuge
özdeşidentical
olasılikely
yerellocal
gevşeklooseNot tight, slack
komşuneighbouring
sıradanordinary
kısmipartial
kalıcıpermanent
şirinpretty
öncekiprevious
yakın tarihlirecent
güvenilirreliable
sessizsilent
benzersimilar
zayıfslim
uygunsuitable
harikasuperb
yorguntired
gelenekseltraditional
adaletsizunfair
enginvast

Level 3: hard 25 words

TurkishEnglish
yaklaşıkapproximate
uykudaasleep
çekiciattractive
pişmişcooked
hasarlıdamaged
uzakdistant
korkunçdreadful
tozludusty
aşırıexcessive
sıkfrequent
yetenekligifted
berbathideous
şanslılucky
çoklumultiple
gürültülünoisy
dinlenmişrested
tatmin edicisatisfactory
yumuşaksoft
çirkinugly
mevcut değilunavailable
belirsizuncertain
rahatsızuncomfortable
olası değilunlikely
şanssızunlucky
yıpranmışworn out

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Turkish words on “Adjectives”. The full topic holds 232 in the KoKo app: 92 at the easy level, 82 at the medium level and 58 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?
With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Turkish vocabulary?
By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
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