Language questions (Greek, Turkish, etc.)

The Azeri language and Turkish language has almost all same words,with some unimportant pronounciation differences.

For example:

"Hi" is "Merhaba" or "Selam" in Turkish and "Salam" in Azeri.

"Good morning" is "Hayirli Sabahlar" or "Gunaydin" in Turkish and "Sabahiniz Heyir" in Azeri.

"Please" is "Lutfen" or "Zahmet Olmazsa" in Turkish and it is "Zehmet Olmasa" in Azeri.

I do not know other Turkish related languages but Azeri is almost the same with Turkish as you see.

Edited by Jagatai Khan

Originally posted by Jagatai Khan The Azeri language and Turkish language has almost all same words,with some unimportant pronounciation differences. For example: "Hi" is "Merhaba" or "Selam" in Turkish and "Salam" in Azeri. "Good morning" is "Hayirli Sabahlar" or "Gunaydin" in Turkish and "Sabahiniz Heyir" in Azeri. "Please" is "Lutfen" or "Zahmet Olmazsa" in Turkish and it is "Zehmet Olmasa" in Azeri.

Most of these words are Persian or Arabic!!!

 

@oguzoglu

sure i wrote the meanings of words in turkish of the pete's 1.st post, i didnt say they are interchangable.

1) brother of your wife : kay�n�o
2) husband of your sister :eni�te
3) husband of the sister of your wife :bacanak

convenient?

Edited by Seljuk

Oh, come on, they didn't only have "kill", "burn" and "plunder"...

(only joking)

Originally posted by azimuth   looks like Ataturk forgot to delet them from the language.

He didnt, because he didnt need to. We mostly use the Turkish versions, those that Jagatai mentioned werent very usual ones.

We say G�n Aydin, but sometimes hayirli g�nler or sabahlar.

We say salam, because it is an Islamic word used all over Islamic world.

We say lutfen, and it is all the same in Turkish, Arabic and Persian. Its origin is Arabic. None of those words above are Persian, but Islamic (Arabic) or Turkish.

Originally posted by Oguzoglu Originally posted by azimuth   looks like Ataturk forgot to delet them from the language.   He didnt, because he didnt need to. We mostly use the Turkish versions, those that Jagatai mentioned werent very usual ones. We say G�n Aydin, but sometimes hayirli g�nler or sabahlar. We say salam, because it is an Islamic word used all over Islamic world. We say lutfen, and it is all the same in Turkish, Arabic and Persian. Its origin is Arabic. None of those words above are Persian, but Islamic (Arabic) or Turkish.

I use "naber lan" or "naber kiz"

I don't see anything wrong with arabic greeting words.it's quite normal i think.however people free at what they want to use.as for me I prefer original Turkish.they are much more comfortable and easier to pronounce.

Originally posted by erci animals = Cat, dog, rat, ox   Hungarian:  macska, kutya, patk�n, �k�r

Greek: gata, skylos, aroureos, vodi
         &nbs p; γάτα, σκύλος, αρουραίος, βόδι

JiNanRen, what do the numbers symbolise in your words?

Gotcha - it would be interesting to hear the differences, because the symbols might show, but there is nothing like putting a voice to the letters.