1. place; spot; position; location: Kandilli fevkalade güzel bir yer. Kandilli is an extraordinarily beautiful place. Senin yerin burası. This is your place./This is where you're to be. Eğlence yeri değil burası; ciddi bir işyeri. This isn't a place you come to in order to amuse yourself; it's a place where business is transacted in a serious way. Yerimde olsaydın ne yapardın? If you'd been in my shoes what would you have done? Feramuz Paşa'nın tarihteki yeri pek önemli sayılamaz. Feramuz Pasha's place in history cannot be reckoned an important one. Bu evin yeri hoşuma gidiyor. I like this house's location. Ağrının yerini daha iyi tarif edemez misiniz? Can't you describe more clearly where the pain is?
2. space, room: Otobüsün arka tarafında yer yok. There's no room in the back of the bus.
3. (a) seat; (a) room: Matine için iki yer ayırttım. I've reserved two seats for the matinée. Lokantada dört kişilik bir yer buldum. I found a table for four in the restaurant. Bu otelde boş yer yok. This hotel has no vacant rooms.
4. place, position (of employment).
5. passage or part (of something written or spoken): Söylevimin bu yeri alkışlanmaya değer, değil mi? This part of my speech merits applause, doesn't it?
6. importance, place of importance: Bu maddenin sanayideki yeri yadsınamaz. It can't be denied that this material is of importance for industry.
7. mark (left by something): yara yeri scar left by a wound.
8. the earth, the ground: Yere düştü. He fell to the ground. Bütün parası yerde gömülü. All of his money is buried in the ground.
9. floor: Bebek yerde emekliyor. The baby's crawling on the floor. Yerler halı kaplıydı. The floors were covered with rugs.
10. piece of land, piece of property: Kalamış'ta bir yer aldık. We bought a piece of property in Kalamış.
11. terrain, region, area.
12. the earth, the planet earth.
yerde instead of (preceded by a future participle): Tatlı yiyecek yerde meyve ye. Instead of eating sweet pastries, eat fruit.
yer açmak /a/ to make way for, move aside for (someone) to pass.
yer almak /da/
1. to be located in, be situated in (a place): Fethi ön sırada yer alıyor. Fethi's in the front row.
2. (for someone) to be involved in, have a part in (a job, a project).
3. to be in, appear in.
yerini almak
1. /ın/ (for one person or thing) to take the place of (another).
2. to sit down in one's appointed place, take one's seat.
3. to stand in one's appointed place, take one's place.
yerinden ayrılmak to leave the place where one has been sitting or standing.
yere bakmak
1. to look at the ground, cast one's eyes to the ground.
2. to have one foot in the grave.
yere bakan yürek yakan (someone) who is malicious and dangerous despite his innocent looks, who is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
yeri başka olmak /ın/ (for someone) to be a very special friend, have a special place in one's heart, be one of one's most intimate friends: Rakım için Süheyla'nın yeri başka. Süheyla has a very special place in Rakım's heart.
yere batmak to vanish, disappear.
yerini beğenmek (for a plant) to grow well in the spot in which it's been planted.
yer belirteci gram. adverb of place.
yerle beraber leveled to the ground, razed.
yerle bir/yeksan etmek /ı/ to level (something) to the ground, raze.
yerden bitme very short in stature, squat.
yerini bulmak to find the right niche for oneself, find one's niche, find one's place.
yer cücesi short in stature but very capable or cunning.
yere çalmak/vurmak /ı/ to throw or hurl (something) to the ground.
yerin dibine geçmek/batmak/girmek to feel very ashamed, feel like sinking through the floor or into the ground.
yerini doldurmak /ın/
1. to do one's job well.
2. to fill (someone's) shoes, perform well the functions formerly carried out by (someone else).
yer etmek /da/
1. to leave a mark on.
2. (for something) to impress itself in (someone's mind).
yere/
yerlere geçmek to feel very ashamed, feel like sinking through the floor or into the ground.
yerine geçmek /ın/ (for one person or thing) to take the place of, replace (another).
yerine gelmek
1. (for an order or wish) to be carried out, performed, or executed.
2. to come back, return, be restored.
yerine getirmek /ı/
1. to carry out, perform, or execute (an order, a wish).
2. to bring (something) back, restore.
yer göçmesi landslide.
yerden göğe kadar very, exceedingly, infinitely.
yere göğe koyamamak /ı/ to be perturbed as to just how one will honor (someone).
yerle gök bir olsa no matter what happens, even if the sky should fall.
yer hostesi woman who works at a flight check-in counter (in an airport); woman who collects the boarding cards of passengers just before they get on an airplane.
yerini ısıtmak to stay in a place for a long time.
yerlere kadar eğilmek to bow and scrape, show an excess of respect.
yerde kalmak not to be shown any respect.
yer kayması landslide.
yerine koymak
1. /ı/ to look on (someone) as, regard (someone) as: Onu babası yerine koyuyor. She looks on him as a father.
2. /ı, ın/ to put (oneself) in (someone's) place, put (oneself) in (another's) shoes.
3. /ı, ın/ to install (one person) in (another's) place.
yerin kulağı var. colloq. The walls have ears.
yer odası ground-floor room.
yeri olmak to be the right moment, time, or place for something.
yerine oturmak (for something) to fit, be the right size or shape.
yerinden oynamak
1. to come loose, get loose.
2. to move from, stir from, budge from, or leave the place one is in.
yerinden oynatmak /ı/ to move (something) (to another place).
yeri ölçmek to fall sprawling on the ground.
yeri öpmek colloq. (for someone) to fall to the ground.
yerinde saymak to make no progress, mark time.
yerden selam a very respectful salutation in which the hand is extended to the ground.
yere sermek /ı/ to knock (someone) to the ground, send (someone) sprawling.
yerini sevmek (for a plant) to grow well in the spot in which it's been planted.
yer sofrası meal spread out on the floor or ground (as opposed to one spread out on a table).
yeri soğumadan /ın/ very shortly after he left/has left/leaves: Senin yerin soğumadan Naim geldi. Very shortly after you departed Naim came.
yerinde su mu çıktı? colloq. What on earth's made you up and want to leave?/Why on earth did you up and leave? (when everything seemed to be going so well).
yerleri süpürmek (for a long skirt, etc.) to trail on the ground, drag on the ground.
yerlerde sürünmek to be in a sad state, be down-and-out.
yer tutmak
1. to take up space.
2. to reserve a place.
3. to be of importance, have an important place.
yerini tutmak /ın/
1. to stand in for (someone else).
2. (for one thing) to be able to be used in place of (another).
yeri var. It's fitting./It's appropriate.
yer vermek /a/
1. to allow (something) to happen.
2. to give (someone) a seat.
3. to include, discuss (someone, something) (in a book, speech, thought, etc.).
4. to allow for, give a place to.
yerden yapma very short in stature, squat.
yer yarılıp içine girmek to vanish into thin air.
yer yatağı bed spread on the floor; pallet.
yerle yeksan leveled to the ground, razed.
yerinde yeller esmek to have vanished, be gone with the wind.
yer yer in places; here and there.
yerden yere from one place to another; hither and thither; from pillar to post.
yerden yere çalmak/vurmak /ı/
1. to make (someone) suffer.
2. to treat (someone) with contempt.
3. to chew (someone) out (in abusive language).
yer yerinden oynamak (for everything) to get in a state of confusion, get topsy-turvy.
yeri yok. It's unfitting./It's inappropriate.
yer yurt place to live in, home.
yeri yurdu belirsiz homeless.
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