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egeozcan · 2014-10-14 08:39:37+00:00

We have "ha?" which is read very similar to huh and meaning the same thing, also in Turkish. This is getting interesting.

jetz | karma 26 | avg karma 0.63 · | 2011-06-16 17:19:51+00:00

It's an word play in Turkish. It's read as it's written.

gilleain | karma 1234 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2022-08-30 08:36:13

Oddly enough, it also appears to be Turkish for "Good".

eknkc | karma 3731 | avg karma 4.93 · | 2024-05-01 15:30:03

Oh this is interesting. I’d think it is implied enough that there would be no confusion.

My native Turkish might be seeping through though. Thanks for the heads up.

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malandrew | karma 8784 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2023-02-05 22:24:48

Oh, didn’t realize that was Turkish.

egeozcan | karma 5220 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2017-07-24 19:40:31

Change the first letter to S and guess what you get in Turkish... It's far enough that it wouldn't be necessarily embarrassing to mention but interesting in the light of this knowledge.

softg | karma 172 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2023-09-07 18:19:12

Luckily arrow in Turkish rhymes with 'woke' so the two are not easily confused. The most common Turkish word for okay is also a loanword from Arabic.

sedatk | karma 4557 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2018-10-11 16:26:49+00:00

In Turkish, too!

lovemenot | karma 2236 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2019-04-22 06:39:48+00:00

Yes. I see now where you got it from.

Nevertheless, I stick to my previous translation. Of course, I have no Turkish, so I cannot comment on the similarity.

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chocksy | karma 12 | avg karma 0.32 · | 2015-04-01 08:05:34+00:00

Yep we say "Da ce esti turc?" => "Are you turkish?" when we try to say that expression. (Romanian)

znt | karma 726 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2018-02-08 09:43:24

Similar language is also being used in northern Turkey: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/08/whistled-turkish-tick...

anticensor | karma 1400 | avg karma 0.58 · | 2019-08-10 14:33:30

Another Turkish expression is, "Anlad?ysam Arap olay?m" ( "Make me Arab if I understand"), again, Arabic to me, but expressed in reverse.

stavros | karma 66636 | avg karma 10.05 · | 2022-10-03 09:04:32

Türk Hava Yollari, I guess?

fernly | karma 3029 | avg karma 3.88 · | 2016-09-26 00:17:40+00:00

Yeah, on a tour of the highlights of Istanbul we were taught the word is YOK! which in Turkish basically means "it does not exist" or "cancel" or something. It worked.

egeozcan | karma 5220 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2015-10-14 12:27:48

Oh, thanks for the clarification. I'm Turkish and didn't know of this usage.

egeozcan | karma 5220 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2015-08-12 14:58:07+00:00

Interestingly, in Turkish it means "until".

wongarsu | karma 24397 | avg karma 4.14 · | 2022-07-12 07:32:49

Wait, I thought Türkiye is homophone with Turkey? Did you mean Turkey being homograph with turkey (same spelling different meaning). Or is there a pronunciation change I've missed?

aksss | karma 2742 | avg karma 1.37 · | 2022-06-02 12:09:49

> “Turkey the bird is called by a different name in many languages, such as "peru" in Portuguese, while in Turkish it is "hindi".“

TIL.

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buraksarica | karma 50 | avg karma 0.55 · | 2015-09-09 07:19:46

off-topic, There is a word-by-word translation of this phrase in Turkish.

sedatk | karma 4557 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2018-12-23 18:56:15+00:00

Yes, those are thought in high school in Turkey.