For sure every learner has certain words that they liked from the first sight. It was something about the way they sound, the way they are pronounced, something that they resembled... Natives have their favourites, too, by maybe they are chosen for different reasons. In my country, language authorities ask the public their opinion about the most beatiful Finnish word every year, and the results are very dull. A German loan word äiti ´mother´ which sounds anything but beautiful wins every year.

My favourite Turkish word is a loanword also. There is an original Turkish word for this purpose also but it is not half as classy and sophisticated as its Persian synonyme. There is a round vowel in the middle of this noun which effects the consonants around it and makes them full also. And the meaning, yes, it is in harmony with its beauty.

If I told my word, would someone else bring up more beautiful Turkish words?

interesting...well for me, i didn´t really learn turkish, just by myself 1 or 2 years ago, but what came in my mind reading your post was the word "yani" it seems it comes in all sentences, and because my native language is arabic, "egyptian", so we have it and we use it a lot, and when i say a lot it´s as all the time!! we´re used to it, to the point that when an egyptian is speaking another language he always apply the "yani" so in turkish i´ll never be applying a word from a different language =D

for me is...şey...dont ask me why..but I like to say..şey..

Dost.

 I like word "Dost" even though it is a loanword. [ From Farisi language; Far. dûst ]

Close friend whom you trust and love.

I like front wovel combos.

How about "inci"? A chinese loan attested in Turkish at least 15 centruries ago.

I also like "bilgi", "bilge", "gönül" and "erdem" for their deep meanings.

Then there are such powerful words like "var" and "yok" of course with their beauties.

I like "unutmak" to forget as I remember it through the English "You nut you forgot"

Masrapa (sorry cant get dots to work, should be accent on the s). It means a mug. Sounds funny to the English ear.

Saksi = Flowerpot (sexy !)

Etkileyici = Impressive (as the 5 sylables sound impressive.)

Ruya = A dream. No real reason, just a nice word.

Arkadas = Friend. Nice word, but I like the construction Arka = behind Das = Fellow. Meaning someone who looks after your back.

I also like words in English that sound like what they are describing eg. the "gurgle" of water in a stream. Onomatopoia they call it in English.

So the challenge goes out to think of Turkish words that sound like what they are describing !

There was a guy teaching how to memorise English words to Turks with some memory hooks.

For example dungeon:

He says imagine two prisoners in a dungeon who are separated but manage to communicate by hitting metal pipes with a metal and make sounds like "dan" "çın" "dan" "çın". So he suggests using the sound "dan-çın-dan-çın" to recall that zindan = dungeon (dancın).

And as such...

merhaba every one, Abla I really like the idea of thinking about your favorite  word I just started to learn Turkish so I dont know lots of words yet but till now my favorite and first word is çok it means alot this was my first word and I really keep using it all the time çok güzel, çok basit, çok zor çok çok çok  

This is only amusement, of course, but I also think that if you want to learn something you should have or you should imagine for yourself an emotional bond with it. When it comes to language, words are easier to love than ablative endings, aren’t they?

ms. yousra, it’s not only you who uses çok a lot. It is a word with many meanings, it translates into English at least with ´very´, ´many´, ´often´, ´too´ (like in ‘The jacket is too big for the child&rsquo and I guess this is not all.

I really admire what you just said , I just feel that I am a little bit lost because I dont know from where I can start .  I know other words in turkish but this is the one that I keep using.If you can suggest something to help me improve my turkish I will really appreciate it. teşkkür ederim 

I love the word Ayrılık. Despite all the pain it may bring to our hearts, it sounds like music...

Istiyorum does it for me. It just rolls off of the tongue so easily.

this may sound silly but Metrobüs

i like that the stress is on the "e" and i loooooove the way the turks pronounce the ü

My personal favorite is "sevinç". It sounds like a new invented word but it´s very old word. It´s just one lovely word just like its meaning.

Hep. It was not love at the first sight. It sounded arrogant to my ear in the Turkish sentence. But as it insisted to pop up everywhere I looked I gradually changed my mind. Until yesterday night one second before falling into sleep I realized it’s actually an extraordinarily beautiful piece of language.

beraber..sounds like a music

If so then lets put those two words together " Hep beraber " ---> All together !

Haydi hep beraber
Sabaha kadar

Haydi hep beraber
Güneş doğana kadar

..sorry but I cant stop myself..just I have remembered a song of Mustafa Sandal

 and that reminded me of the song " Hayde Hayde " [ Blacksea accent ] sung by Cem Yılmaz. [ but originally by Kazım Koyuncu ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAw-JDNsn3c

one of the most beautiful words for me is: YAĞMUR 

evet....yağmur yağsa uykum kaçsa.....

Sometimes they are so close you can´t see them:

          Evet.

my all time favourite word is bazen. just the way it rolls off your tongue, it sounds beautiful

This one may seem strange, but in my head there´s been a word in Turkish that i say to myself so much recently.

memleket

I have heard it used in a Turkish song I like, that could have something to do it.

I like "yazi yaziyor" I love saying it

There are many beautiful Turkish words. And I smiled as I went through the earlier posts. 

Sevinç - My wife´s parents live on Sevinç sokak.

Yağmur - The name I first picked for our second daughter (before we knew she was a girl). We later settled for Aylin. 

Evet - What my wife answered when I proposed to her. 

But above all: CANIM. A word that Turks use to express affection and love among their relatives and friends. To me, that word and how it´s used expresses so much more love than any word I can think of in English or Swedish. 

 I also like this word , "Memleket" is one of the initial question that you might be asked when you meet a Turk " Memleket nire ? " [Memleket nere ?] --> Basically means " Where are you from "

Yâr.

A word couldn´t be shorter and it still has such a strong meaning.

Notice the pure and bright trill in the end when they pronounce it.

i don´t know many words, since i just starded learning turkish, but i really like word aşk. it sounds really awesome
beside that i love saying sonra görüşürüz. 

I have 2 words kind of. I like to say "Yani" and "ya" I´m always like "sus ya" , "yok ya" lol and I always use yani.. its my favorite.

I have 2 words kind of. I like to say "Yani" and "ya" I´m always like "sus ya" , "yok ya" lol and I always use yani.. its my favorite.

I have 2 words kind of. I like to say "Yani" and "ya" I´m always like "sus ya" , "yok ya" lol and I always use yani.. its my favorite.

oha seems like my post appeared more than a time..

oha seems like my post appeared more than a time..

what the hell is happening

Not that it is any of my business but why do you post the same message a hundred times, tristerecuerdos?

How am I supposed to know yani? O.O I clicked on send once and i didn´t see my reply, I clicked once again and all of these appeared. I´m sorry, forgive me!

Ok, click as many times as you want.

chill, i didn´t know that was gonna happen. i´m sorry again

Now you know.

 Seems there are no moderators around 

oh well it was just a mistake, not a big deal

Absolutely not a big deal, dear, I agree, I just wanted to say that moderators´ duty is to correct our mistakes 

well

Yes "ya" sounds cute. And we have its longer version "yahu".

Çağatay in "Yalan Dünya" serial keeps using it:

"Bu ne yahu"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOZr16lmJQ

i know that haha it really sounds cute ya.. lol 

gönül is my favourite.

neşe

I do not know about beautiful words, but the single most useful word in Turkish is "Tamam"

I suggest all learners to master its different uses.

KONUŞMAK

çiş

My favourite word is " Gurusuruz " & evet also  i like to use them again again.. i wish  i can 

You mean görüşürüz?

when i was a kid cici was my favorite. i would keep laughing when i heard it

gördüğümüz gibi

As I already said,i love words with Ö and Ü  

one of my favorites: eyvallah

Benim -- i like this word..the first word i learned in turkish. 

evet-- nice sounds..

iyi--- very nice..i thought is just one vowel ..then i saw the writen form..very funny..

i love the turkish language!!!!!!!!!!

Güzel (reminds me of "gazelle.")

Merhaba

Evet

Ayşe