Posted By: Pandora
Talking Turkey - 11/24/15 02:39 AM
Despite some daunting-looking spellings and unfamiliar letter combinations, quite a few Turkish words bear a striking resemblance to their English counterparts. Can you match them up below?
Feel free to take two each.
-1. akvaryum
-2. dosya
-3. elektrikli
-4. fantaziye
-5. isteri
-6. istimbot
-7. jilet
-8. kebab
-9. kismetli
-10. kolej
-11. lastikli
-12. manken
-13. muskir
-14. otocar
-15. paspas
-16. perili
-17. pikap
-18. purdeli
-19. sansur
-20. sinema filimi
-21. sirk
-22. sivil
-23. sultani
-24. viyolonsel
-25. zurafa
-a. automobile
-b. cello
-c. censorship
-d. circus
-e. college
-f. imaginative display
-g. doormat
-h. file
-i. fishtank
-j. giraffe
-k. hysteria
-l. imperial
-m. intoxicating, pungent
-n. live wire
-o. lucky
-p. movie
-q. plainclothesman
-r. record player with tone arm
-s. roast
-t. rubber
-u. safety razor
-v. scarecrow
-w. sinister
-x. steamboat
-y. veiled, perplexing
Feel free to take two each.
-1. akvaryum
-2. dosya
-3. elektrikli
-4. fantaziye
-5. isteri
-6. istimbot
-7. jilet
-8. kebab
-9. kismetli
-10. kolej
-11. lastikli
-12. manken
-13. muskir
-14. otocar
-15. paspas
-16. perili
-17. pikap
-18. purdeli
-19. sansur
-20. sinema filimi
-21. sirk
-22. sivil
-23. sultani
-24. viyolonsel
-25. zurafa
-a. automobile
-b. cello
-c. censorship
-d. circus
-e. college
-f. imaginative display
-g. doormat
-h. file
-i. fishtank
-j. giraffe
-k. hysteria
-l. imperial
-m. intoxicating, pungent
-n. live wire
-o. lucky
-p. movie
-q. plainclothesman
-r. record player with tone arm
-s. roast
-t. rubber
-u. safety razor
-v. scarecrow
-w. sinister
-x. steamboat
-y. veiled, perplexing
