Word origins

• vanA covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
• ozAn unreal, magical realm.
• erSaid when hesitating in speech.
• ISAA diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
• IstanbulA Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).
• galaCelebratory; festive.
• AnkaraA West African fabric.
• AntalyaA province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast.
• anilThe indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
• BodrumA port city in Muğla Province, in southwestern Turkey.
• IzmirA province and metropolitan municipality in western Anatolia in Turkey, along the Mediterranean coast.
• MusaMoses, a rasul in Islam.
• AzeriA person from Azerbaijan or of Azerbaijani descent.
• pashaA high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
• AslanA surname from Turkish.
• bursaAny of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
• redifA reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve.
• Murata river in the Armenian Highland, a tributary of the Euphrates
• kilimA flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.
• timurrattan pepper
• humusA large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.
• valiKing of Kishkindha, a son of Indra and the elder brother of Sugriva in Ramayana.
• dervishA member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
• AdanaA province and metropolitan municipality in central Cilicia, in southern Turkey.
• RecepA male given name from Turkish.
• LazThe ethnic group speaking Laz and live mostly in Turkey and Georgia.
• karsA province in northeastern Turkey.
• okeyA Turkish game in which players attempt to collect certain groups of tiles.
• baklavaA sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.
• KayseriA province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
• aghaAn honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.
• YilmazA surname.
• AydinA city, the capital of Aydın Province in southwestern Turkey.
• rizeA province in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
• KonyaA province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
• KocA surname.
• SakaA member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.
• TrabzonA province and metropolitan municipality in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
• tuzlaA kind of central Anatolian rug.
• SavasA surname.
• sartAn assart, or clearing; land cleared for agriculture.
• mangalA tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.
• MonastirBitola in North Macedonia.
• mantiA type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine.
• GalatasarayGalatasaray Spor Kulübü (a sports club from Istanbul best known for its football team)
• pikerA soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.
• shishUsed to request quiet; similar to shh.
• DemirA surname from Turkish.
• YildizA surname from Turkish.
• ArslanA surname from Turkish.
• BaigA surname.
• TayyipA male given name from Turkish.
• SamsunA province and metropolitan municipality in northern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
• GaziantepA province and metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey.
• OzerA surname.
• DenizliA province and metropolitan municipality in southwestern Turkey.
• FenerbahceFenerbahçe, a Turkish multi-sport club based in Istanbul.
• AkelA surname.
• MardinA province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey.
• arkanThe five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh.
• soyerA surname.
• AcemogluA Turkicized Armenian surname from Armenian.
• YanikA surname from Turkish.
• pideTraditional Turkish flatbread.
• EdirneA province in eastern Thrace, in northwestern Turkey.
• sivasA province in central Turkey.
• ZeynepA female given name from Turkish.
• tepehill, tell
• AfyonFormer name of Afyonkarahisar (“city”).
• ManisaA province and metropolitan municipality in western Turkey.
• CelikA surname from Turkish.
• KocaeliA province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolian Turkey.
• cafenetAn inn or resthouse selling coffee in Turkey.
• YildirimA surname from Turkish.
• MalatyaA province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey.
• mezeSmall portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita.
• HerekA surname from Turkish.
• EskisehirA city in Turkey.
• tumenA river forming part of the border between Jilin, China and North Korea, and the border between Rasŏn, North Korea and Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
• cetinThe white, waxy constituent of spermaceti.
• HatayA province and metropolitan municipality in southernmost Turkey.
• KaramanA province in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey.
• IspartaA province in southwestern Turkey.
• BoluA province in northwestern Turkey, between Istanbul and Ankara.
• abrashA variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs).
• SakaryaA province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolian Turkey.
• SanliurfaSynonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.
• SinopA province of Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
• ebruA traditional marbled paper art of Turkey.
• dumbekA Middle Eastern goblet drum.
• TokatA province in northern Turkey.
• YalovaA province in northwestern Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara.
• tavlaA version of the board game backgammon played widely in Turkey and other countries of the region.
• KastamonuA province in the Black Sea region, Turkey.
• LeyaA female given name from Turkish or Arabic.
• KilicA surname from Turkish.
• orduA province and metropolitan municipality in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
• IskenderunA port city in Hatay Province, southeastern Turkey.
• AkbashA dog of a breed native to Turkey, primarily used as livestock guardian dogs or shepherd dogs.
• BurdurA province in southwestern Turkey.