Greek & Turkish

* "Kalimera"- "Good Morning" in Greek, "Merhaba", " Hello" in Turkish. The created greeting word with these two is 'Kalimeraba'. Not my invention.

A listing of The Common Words and Expressions in Greek and Turkish
greek	turkish	explanation	english
ade vre	hayda bre		an exclamation phrase
afendis (afendiko)	efendi	gr: only 'master' (exists also as afendiko) tr: multiple use	master, gentleman
agaria	angarya		extra & unpleasant work one has to do
agginara	enginar		artichoke
ai sihtir	hasiktir	badly slang in both languages, tr origin	oh- fuck' (unexpected failure and situtations like, exclamation) or 'fuck off' (get out of here- can be very bad)
alana	alan		field, square
aman!	aman!	exclamation word	oh-no', or well there's no equvalent I think- of this 'aman aman'
amane/amanes/mane	mani	gr: mania+eros => maneros > manero > mane	a kind of song
anihtiri	aCmak /anahtar?	speculartion: maybe where 'anahtar' ('key' in turkish) word comes from	to open in gr, key in tr
arabas	araba		car
argo	argo		slang
aroma	aroma	Foreign origin	aroma
asanser	asansör	Foreign origin	elevator
asiklik	aSIklIk	gr: as in 'asik atmak'- to rebel somebody/something stronger tr: to be in love (and absentminded because of this)-- ask: love asik: sne who's in love asliklik: the case of being in love -- but "asik" used to be name for 'marbles' and "asik atmak" (to throw marbles) implies to compete with the other.	to compete with sne, useless heroistic behavior
asuredes(plural)	aSure		a mixed friut&nut desert
ati	at		horse
atzem-pilafi	acem pilavI		a kind of cooked rice
avanta	avanta		sth for free
avli	avlu		yard
babas	baba		father
bagazi	bagaj	foreign origin	baggage
Baglamas	baGlama	tr: baGlamak: to tie, baGlama, nominative of "baGla mak".	a regional musical instrument
baharika, bahariko	bahar, baharat		spice
bahtse	bahCe		garden, yard
bairaki	bayrak		flag
bakalis	bakkal		shop/shop-keeper
bakirtzis	bakIrcI	tr: bakir=copper, -ci: turkish ending for making professions	the men who works with copper
baklava/baklavas	baklava		a kind of very sweet desert
bamies	bamya		ocra
banio	banyo	foreign origin	bath
barberis	berber		barber
barbuni	barbun		red mullet
barbunia	barbunya	Gr: primary meaning of this word is the plural of barbuni, so it recalls the fish first. But it does exist also as a kind of "fasulye", same as in Turkish	red (kidney?) beans
baruti	barut		dynamite
bastuni	baston		a walking stick
bataksis	batakCI	gr: only about the gambling	the man who takes care of gambling debts
batalis	battal		hulk
batania	battaniye		blanket
bataria	batarya (pil)		battery
batiris/batirlis	batIk	tr: batmak- to sink, batik: sank (adjective) slang- to bankrupt	sne who lost all what s/he had, to bankrupt
batis	imbat		a wind
batmis	batmIS (yoksul, iflas etmis)		bankrupted
batsanakis	bacanak		the brother of one's wife
batzaki	bacak (pantalon bacaGI-paCa)		the lower parts of trousers
baulo	bavul	foreign origin. gr: instead of sandIk	luggage
baxisi	bahSiS		tip
bebeki	bebek (kIz bebek)	gr: only girl babies, tr: baby	baby
begleri	tesbih	tr: beyler means 'gentlemen'	a chain of color chaplets, men used to play with that thing, still favoarable by some
beis	bey		genlemen
bekiaris	bekar	gr: only for male	single
bekris	bekri	tr: specific use	drunk
belas	bela		trouble
berde	perde		curtain
bere	bere	foreign origin	tight hat
bereketi	bereketli		prosper, producing
betatzis	betoncu	foreign origin	concrede maker
betatzis	betoncu
beton	beton	foreign origin	concrede
betoniera	betonyer	foreign origin	concrede machine
bezerizo	bezmek
bezesteni	bedesten		vegetable market
bifteki	biftek		beef steak
bigonia	begonya		a kind of flower
bilia/bilies	bilya/bilye		marble (the small ball-shaped toys)
biliardo	bilardo		pool (the game)
bilieto	bilet	foreign origin	ticket
bira	bira		beer
bitoni	bidon	maybe foreign origin?	a water container
bizeli -ia	bezelye	gr: also araka(for fresh ones)	green peas (fresh, dry or cooked)
blofa	blOf	foreign origin	bluffing
blofatzis	blOfcU, blOf yapan		person who bluffing
blok	blok		block
bobina	bobin	foreign origin	reel, spool
bobmbe	bombe	foreign origin	a little bump
bogia	boya		paint
bogiatzis	boyacI		painter
boi	boy		tallness, length
boikotaz	boykotaj		boycott
bora	bora		strong storm
bostani	bostan		a backyard with some vegetable planting/ vegetable field
box	boks		boxing
boxas	bohCa		a rectangular shape of cloth (or other material) which is tied from the corners to hold somehing
brigianti	pIrlanta		diamond
brizola	pirzola		meat food: ribs
bukles	bukle	foreign origin	curl
buluki	bolluk (kalabalIk)		Bolluk: "merryness", "a lot" in TR, bouliki: big crowd (I.e. animal herd) in GR
burekaki -ia	bOrek		pie (pirakka in finnish)
buzuki	bozuk (TUrk halk mUziGinde, baGlamadan biraz bUyUk ve meydan sazIndan kUCUk dokuz telli bir saz)	tr: bozuk: broken, not complete. It is said that this insturment was called "broken" because of its 9 strings. This family of instruments generally have twin-strings, so an odd number is not usual.	a regional musical instrument
busula	pusula	Gr: "orientation" pusulayi SaSIrmaktaki gibi	compass
dada	dadI		nunny
dailiki	dayIlIk	turkish endings to word 'dayi'	to show the tough attitude
dais	dayI	gr: only as in 'kabadayi' tr: dayi is the uncle from the mother's side, but has different meanings in slang	a tough (male) person
dalgas	dalga	Tr: wave, Gr: heartache of a love	wave
damari	damar	Gr: Maden damarI	vessel
damitzana	damacana		large bottle, demijohn
daraveri	dalavere		to cheat sne
davas	tava		pan
davatzis	davacI	Gr: It is used for 'Pezevenk' careful!,	somone who complains about the other, I.e. in court
delalis	tellal		town crier
delis	deli		mad
derbederis	derbeder		measarble
derti	dert		trouble
dertilis	dertli		troubled
dip	dip	Gr: double meaning, also means total	bottom of stg
divani	divan		divan, couch, sofa
dolmas	dolma	gr: only for rolled stuffed wine-leaves	stuffed vegetables and/or wine leaves in Turkish
domata -es	domates		tomatoe
dugru	doGru	gr: without deviation tr:multiple meanings (truth, straightforward, math- a vector, a straight line etc)	directly to somewhere
dulapa/dulapi	dolap		cabinet
dumani	duman		smoke
dunias	dUnya		world
duvari	duvar		wall
eklisia	kilise		church
ergatis	Irgat		labour, worker
ergenis/bekiaris	bekar	Tr: ergen means adult	unmarried
fanari	fener		torch, light
fanartzis	fenerci
fasoli fasolaki fasolakia	fasulye		beans
feretzes	ferace		veil
fidanaki	fidancIk		a baby tree to be planted (sweet way of saying it)
fidani	fidan	tr: also a girl's name	a baby tree to be planted
fíto	fide, fidan (bitki)	gr: it means 'plant'	any baby plant-to-be
fira	fire		loss
firmani	ferman		king's order
fiseki	fiSek		bullet
fisekliki	fiSeklik		bullet belt
fisiki	fiziki		pyhsics teacher, physical
fisikohimia	fizikokimya		physio-chemistry
fisiognomia	fizyonomi		physionomy
fisiologia	fizyoloji		physiology
fisiologos	fizyolog		physiolog
fisiotherapia	fizyoterapi		physio-therapy
fistiki	fIstIk		peanut
fitili	fitil	Gr: Lamba fitili, Tr: several meanings	wick, fuse
fizik	fizik		physics
flitzani	fincan		small coffee cup
fokia	fok		seal
folia	fol		hen's nest
fonitiki	fonetik		phonetics
fonografos	fonograf		phonograph
fonologia	fonoloji		phonology
fosforos	fosfor		phosphor
fotogenia	fotojeni		photogeny
fotografia	fotoGraf		photograph
fotografikos -I -o	fotoGrafik		photographic
fotografos	fotoGrafCI		photographer
fotometris -ia	fotometre		photometry
fototipia /fotokopia	fotokopi		photocopy
fuduki	fIndIk		hazel nuts
funta	ponpon	tr: Funda (Founta as spelled in gr) is a girl's name	pompon
furnos	fIrIn		owen, bakery
furtuna	fIrtIna	gr: in relation to sea tr: storm	gale, storm, tempest
fustani	fistan	tr: old expression	female dress
galatas	galata	tr: the place name in Istanbul	milkman (gr)
galeta	galeta		crick crack bready thing
garaz	garage	foreign origin	garage
garida -es	karides		shrimps
garsoniera	garsoniyer	TR: bachelor's house	a one room place
giakas	yaka
gialantzi	yalancI	tr: also 'liar"	fake
gialantzi dolmas	yalancI dolma	Tr: YalancI : liar, fake. When dolma is called with this name, it means it doesn't have any meat stuffing, so it is fake :)	a stuffed vegetable food
giapraki	yaprak		leaf
giaurti	yoGurt		yoghurt
giavrum	yavrum	gr: old slang (tr: in slang same) Literally 'my baby'	used for girls by men, like baby
gida	gIda		food
giuvetsi	gUveC		clay cooking pan
gkazoza	gazoz	Probably foreign origin	(sweet) soda-water
graviera	gravyer	Foreign origin	type of cheese
grusuzis (g yumusak g seklinde telaffuz edilemli), grursuza, grursuziko, grusuzia	uGursuz		someone who brings bad luck
guri	uGur		good luck
habari	haber		news
hafies	hafiye	gr: bad meaning, ispiyoncu demek	secret agent, or agent of sne
hagiati	hayat (avlu)	gr: covered on the top but no wall room	life (tr)
hairi	hayIr		charity
haivani	hayvan		animal
haki	haki		a color, dark green
halali	helal	gr: no religious association unlike in tr, tr: religious association	permitted, lawful
hali	hal	gr: only negative	state (of mind)
hali	halI		carpet
halifis	halife		khalif
Halima	Halime		a girl's name
halkas	halka		ring (not the one you wear)
halva	helva		a kind of desert
halvatzis	helvacI		the guy who makes 'helva'
hamaliki	hamallIk	turkish ending	to be doing the porter's work (porterness?)
hamalis	hamal		porter
(to) hamami	hamam		Turkish bath
hamilos/hamili/hamilo	hamile		pregnant
(to) haliki	CakIL	far fetched?	pebble
hamuris/hamura	hamur	gr: only slang for bitch tr: dough	dough
hani	han		kind of a hotel in older days
handaki	hendek		canal, ditch, trench
hani	han		a hotel in the middle of nowhere in old times for travellers
(i) hanumisa	hanIm	gr: a turkish woman?	lady
hanos	hani, hanos (balIGI)		a kind of fish
haos	kaos		chaos
hapi	hap		pills
harakiri	harakiri	foreign origin	harakiri
haraktiras	karakter		character
haraktiristikos -a	karakteristik		characteristic
harami -zo	haram	gr: no religious association unlike in tr	forbidden, or wasted
haratsi	haraC		money or goods collected using force (tax, hehe!)
haremi	harem		harem
harika (I was glad 1 singualr person Simple past tense)	harika	gr: hara=joy, harika: I am very glad (past tense)	wonderful
harisma	karizma		chaos
harismatikos.	karizmatik.		charisma
(to) harma	?	gr: delight, source of joy	?
harmani	harman	gr: only for 'blend' tr: also for harvest tome	blend
hartis	harita		map
hartziliki	harClIk		pocket money
hasapikos	kasap havasI	a folk dance	a folk dance
hasapis	kasap		butcher
(to) hasimo	hasim	(gr:loss, tr: enemy adversary)
hasis /hasisi	haShaS		hash
hatiri	hatIr		favour
hatzari	hanCer		knife
hatziavatis	hacIvat		same as above
hava	hava	gr: slang. only like in 'hava atmak' (someone's having an attitude)	air
havale	havale	gr: making fun of stg or sne, funny state	to transfer something, high fever (tr)
haviari	havyar		caviar
havra	havra		jewish temple
havuza	havuz	gr: where all the garbage are buried	swimming pool (tr)
hayde / ade /aide	haydi	exclamation word	let's..' sort of thing
hazi	haz		joy, enjoy
himia	kimya		chemistry
horos	horon	gr: all kinds of dances tr: folk dance	dance
hovoli	hav, havlI	tr: kor- atesin havi	?
htapodi / ohtapodi	ahtapot		octopus
hurmas	hurma		date (the fruit)
huzuri huzurema huzurevo	huzur		a peaceful time, inner piece
imam baildi	imambayIldI	Tr: imam (priest) fainted (literally)	an eggplant food
kadaifi	kadayIf		a desert
kadro	kadro	gr: frame	staff, personel
kafasi	kafes	you'd think it is 'kafa' in tr but not	cage
kaiki	kayIk		rawboat
kaiktsis	kayIkCI	tr: kayik- a small boat, kayikci: the person who uses the boat	raw-man
kaimaki	kaymak	tr: kaymak is also verb for 'to slip'	the creamy part of the milk
kalamari	kalamar		squid
kalderimi	kaldIrIm		sidewalk
kalemi	kalem		pencil or a metal driver to drill a hole, chisel
kalfas	kalfa		experienced apprentice
kalorifer	kalorifer	Foreign origin	heating system (batteries)
kaltsa -tses	kalCa	Gr: socks Tr: hips
kamioni	kamyon	foreign origin in both lang.	truck
kanapes	kanape	both meanings	small sandwiches, sofa
kapaki	kapak		lid, cover
kapamas	kapama		a meat dish
karagiozis	karagOz	gr: it doesn't mean 'black eye'	a folk tale, tradition with shadow theatre
kardasi	kardaS/kardeS	gr: (only for male) slang	brother or sister (turkish is gender free!)
karga(s)	kargaSa		gr: filled up, tight tr: confusion comes with crowd
karpuzi	karpuz		watermelon
karsilamas	karSIlama	tr: to receive, to welcome sne and the dance	a folk dance
kartografia	kartografya		cartography
kartografos	kartograf		cartographer
kartoni	karton		hard paper (cartoon?)
kaseri	kaSar		a kind of cheese
kasmas gasmas	kazma	tr: used also in slang for 'stupid'	big axe
kastano	kestane		chestnut
kastanos	kestane (renk)		brunette
kavgas	kavga		fight
kavurdizo	kavurma		roasting, baking
kazaka	kazak		pullover
kazandi kazandizo	kazanmak	tr: kazandi (past tense of kazanmak for third person, 's/he gained, earned, won' gr: kazandi is noun	gain,profit
kazan-dipi	kazandibi		a desert
kazani	kazan		a deep kettle for boiling
kefali	kafa	you would think it is 'kefal' in tr but no..	head
kefalos	kefal		striped gray mullet
keftes keftedes keftedakia	kOfte		meatballs
kelepuri	kelepir		cheap
kepses	kepCe		service spoon
keramidi	kiremit	foreign origin	the tiles used for roof
kerasi	kiraz		cherry
kese -es kesedaki	kase		a small, deep plate
kimas	kIyma		minced meat
Kina	kIna		henna
kitapi	kitap		book
kiupi	kUp	Gr:storage, Tr:cube	cube
kleidi	kilit	TR: lock GR: key
klidaria/klidonia	kilit		lock
klima	klima	TR: air conditioner GR: climate (also grape tree)
kokoretsi	kokoreC		delicious thing, but you don't want to know what it is made of
kolios	kolyoz		chab mackerel (a fish)
kotzabasis,	kocabaS	Gr: Ottoman times, high rank people were called like that (?) Tr: 'bighead' common dog's name!	big domesticated animals
kotzam	kocaman		big, biggie
krima	kIyma		mercy
kumari	kumar		gamble
kurabies	kurabiye	GR: a dry pastry (pudra sekeri, badem)	tr: almost all dry pastries
kurbeti	gurbet		absense from home, exile
kus-kus	kuskus		couscous
kusuri	kusur		a fault
kuti	kutu		box
kuvas	kova		bucket
lahano	lahana	gr: lahana is plural	cabbage
lahano-dolmadas -es	lahana dolmasI		rolled stuffed cabbage-leaves
lavraki	levrek		bass fish
lemoni	limon		lemon
limani	liman		harbour
lufari	lufer	gr: istanbul greek	a fish
lukumas	lokma		a kind of desert
lukumi	lokum		delight
a regional musical instrument
mahalas	mahalle		district, regoin
mahsuli	mahsul		product, crop
maidanos	maydanoz		parsley
maimu	maymun		ape
manavis	manav	gr: manaviko is the shop, tr manav is both for the person and the shop	small vegetable&fruits shop
mandili	mendil	gr: it is also used for headscarf	handkerchief
manitari -ia	mantar		mushroom
maruli -ia	marul		lattuce
matzuni	macun	Gr: A drink	Paste
meidani	meydan		open space, public square
mentese	menteSe		hinge
meraklis	merakli	gr: only for 'interested' (positive) tr: someonw who's corious, can be positive or negative, -li is a tr ending for 'with'	interested, motivated
mezes	meze		tit-bits
midi -ia	midye	gr: midi singular, midia plural	mussels, sea shells
monastiri	manastIr	GR origin: monos - alone	monastry
mosaiko	mozaik	Probably foreign origin	mosaic
murdaris	murdar		dirty
musafiris	misafir		guest
musakas	musakka		a kind of food
musamas	muSamba		hard plastic
nazi	naz		coquetry; coyness; whims.
nisafi	insaf	Gr: only as in 'insaf yaa!' as if "enough!"	compassion
outi	ud	A middle eastern instrument used in Ottoman palace music (Turk klasik mUziGi) and Aegean music (in both sides of the Aegean :)	a musical instrument
palamari	palamar	gr: cable, mooring line	mooring rope
palamida	palamut (balIk)		bonito fish
palto	palto	foreign origin	coat
papagalos	papaGan		parrot
papas	papaz		priest
paputsi -ia	papuC		shoe
paras	para		money
pasta	pasta	Gr: also for eng. Pasta	pastry
pasturmas	pastIrma		a spicy dried meat food
patata -es	patates		potato
patirdi	patIrtI		noise made by a person or a crowd
patsatzis patsatzidiko	paCacI		a kind of soup-selling place
patsavura	paCavra	in GR slang also used for insulting women (very bad)	worn out clothes (I.e. the old clothes you use to clean the floor)
panigiri	panayIr	It seems to have an origin from "panw" (=up), gyros (=round), probably meaning something like exposing stuff to the public.	open-air market, folk-fest-market
patzari	pancar		beet
patzuri -ia	pancur	tr: pencere also for window	blinds for windows (generally outside of the building)
pazarevo	pazarlIk		bargain
peinirli	peynirli borek	gr: peynirli is directly the pie	cheese pie
pelte -es	pelte		anything smashed
pensa	pense		a carpenter's tool
petimezi	pekmez		a kind of grape marmelade
petseta	peCete		napkins
pilafi	pilav		(cooked) rice
piperia -ies	biber		pepper
pliguri	bulgur		hulled/crushed grain
(to) pouxo	ruh	a bit far fetched?	to pouxo (cloth, material) ruh (soul. essence, spirit)
portatif	portatif	gr: bed-side lamp	mobile
portokali	portakal		orange
prasa	pirasa		leek
pudra	pudra	foreign origin	powder
pure -es	pure		smashed (as in mashed potatos)
puro	pUro		cigar
rahat lukumi	not used in Tr in modern language, existed in old lang.	Tr: "rahat lokum" means 'comfortable delight'	a delight
rahati	rahat		to rahati (leisure, lazing about) rahat (ease, comfort)
raki	rakI		an annis drink
rantevu	randevu	foreign origin	meeting
retsina	reCina	Gr: An alcholic beverage's brand	rezin
revani ravani	revani		a desert
to rezili	rezil		gr: shame tr:disgraced
rusfeti	rUSvet		bribe
saganaki	sahanda		in some typeof pan (esp. for eggs)
salamura	salamura		preservative waters (brine, pickles)
salata	salata		salad
salepi	salep		a sweet milky drink
sabuni	sabun		soap
salepitzis	salepCi		the guy who sells 'salep'
(to) saloni	salon	probably foreign origin	saloon
samari	semer		horse saddle
samata/samatas	samata		big annoying noise generally made by people
samatatzis	samatacI		the one who makes 'samata'
samuri	samur		a sort of fur
sandali -ia	sandal	tr: sandal also means a small boat, gr: sandalya is plural of sandal (tr: it means chair)	an easy-to-use summer shoe
sardela -les	sardunya		sardine
sarrafis/sarafiko	sarraf		the one who understands jewellery
savridi safridi	istavrit		horse mackerel
sedefi	sedef		mother of pearl
seftes	siftah		first sale of the day in a shop
seisis	seyis		horse trainer, care taker
serai	saray		palace
seraskeris	serasker		in old days a high rank soldier
serbeti	serbet		a drink made by mixing sugar & water
sermaia	sermaye		capital
sersemis	sersem		fool
sertis	sert		hard
sevdalis	sevdalI		the one who is in love
sevdas	sevda		love, passion
sfugari	sUnger		sponge
sinoro -ra	sInIr		border
sira	sIra		raw
sirma	sIrma	gr: very fine wire, tr: an adjective for fine hair, golden fine hair, and a girl's name	fine (golden)wire
siropi	Surup		syrup
sivas	siva		paint, plaster
skeletos	iskelet		skeleton
skubri	uskumru		mackerel
soba	soba		stove
soilis	soylu		blue blood (of good family)
sopaki	sopa		stick
sovatzis	sIvacI		painter
spanaki	Ispanak		spinach
spiunos	ispiyoncu		un-trustworthy person
stridia	istiridye	gr: stridi singl, stiridia pl.	oysters
susami	susam	maybe foreign origin	sessame
sutzukaki sutzukakia	sucuk		a spiced suassage
tahini	tahin		some food made of sessame
tapsi	tepsi		tray
taramas	tarama	Tr: taramak is to scan, to comb	a kind of food
tas kebap	tas kebap		a meat food
tavani	tavan		ceiling
taverna	taverna	greek origin	tavern
tavli	tavla		backgammon
tebelhanio	tembelhane		:)
tebelis	tembel		lazy
tefteri	defter		notebook
tekkes	tekke		some sort of old religios school
telaro	tel kafes	tr: tel= wire	wire cage
tenekes	teneke	you know: tebelis tenekes!	tin
tetanos	tetanoz		tetanus
theatro	tiyatro	greek word	theatre
tiri	peynir	tr: realize, 'tiridine banmak'	chese
tornavida	tornavida		screwdriver
topi	top		ball
trahanas	tarhana		a soup
tsadiri	CadIr		tent
tsahpin/tsahpina	çapkIn	Gr: "A low-life party animal"	a flirting type, a Kazanova, a womanizer.
tsai	Cay		tea
tsakir kefi	CakIrkeyif		slightly/nicely drunk
tsakmaki	Cakmak		lighter
tsanta	Canta		bag
Tsantali	CantalI	Gr: Famous Uzo brand	one with a bag
tsantizo/ tsantizomai	catmak (kizmak, hiddetlenmek anlaminda)		getting hot tempered
tsardi TSARDAKI	Cardak	Gr: Slang also "pad, hangout"	hut made by branches
tsaruhi	CarIk		rustic shoe (usually with a pompon)
tsepi	cep		pocket
tsibuki	Cubuk		a stick
tsiflikas	CiftCi	gr: the owner of a big farm tr: farmer	farmer
tsifliki	Ciftlik		farm
tsigaro	sigara		cigarette
tsiment	Cimento	must be foreign origin	Cement
tsinari	CInar		plane-tree
tsingos	Cinko		zink
tsipura	Cipura		a big fish (dorado, gilthead)
tsiraki	CIrak	gr: can be also 'gözcü'	inexperienced apprentice
tsiros	Ciroz	(must be) Greek origin	a fish-kind
tsivieri	cevher	speculative. tr: valuable gr: bir cesit mani	gr: a kind of song
tsopanis	Coban		sheperd
tsureki	Corek		a sweet bread (easter time specific for greece)
tzepi	cep		pocket
tufeki	tUfek		rifle
tulumba	tulumba	it is not 'pumping thing' in greek	a desert
tumberleki	dUmbelek		a small drum
tursi	turSu		a vegetable conservation with salt and vinegar
tuvlo	tuGla		a brick
tzami	cami		mosque
tzámi	cam		window glass
tzatziki	cacIk		a yoghurt salad
vapori	vapur	foreign origin	ship
vareli	varil		barrel
velanidia	palamut (agaC)		oak tree
verese veresedia	veresiye		on credit
vida	vida		screw
volta	volta
vorias	poyraz	Gr: "Voras" means north	north-wind
vurtsa	fIrCa		brush
yahni (patates)	yahni	gr: ahnizo is steaming- yahni might be from that word	a way of cooking
yakamos(?)	yakamoz	Greek origin, used in TR. Seems to be frgotton in Greek (?), poetic in Turkish.	The shines on the sea surface
yalantzi dolma	yalancI dolma		stuffed grape leaves without meat
yaourti	yoGurt		yoghurt
yapi	yapI	Gr: half way (not completed) building construction. Tr: General word for "building", or "construction"	building, construction
yarmadis	yarma seftali	gr: yarmadis is the proper word for peach tr: only a certain type of peach is "yarma = equally devidable to halves"	peach
yuvarlakia	sulu kofte	sulu koftedeki yuvarlak kofteler aabi!	round' meatballs
zafiri	safir		a valuable stone
zambon	jambon	Foreign origin	bacon
zargana	zargana		a fish (gorn fish, horn fish, sea pike)
zarzevatika	zerzevat	gr: (spoken) for all the family of vegetables, tr: vegetables	vegatables
zevzeka	zevzek	gr: used for insulting women in slang, easy women tr: someone who's too talkative, zevzeklik: empty chattery, a negative expression	giddy, talkative
zori	zor		difficult

For their contribution, corrections and suggestions; also thanks to (apart from Dimo and Reeta): Engin GUndUz, Ender AyanoGlu, Mustafa FotumacI, Lefteris Rigatos, Aysun KILMIK, Cenk Öz, Ilknur VelioGLu, Hasan Örek and Laura Blumenthal, Haluk Ari.