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Beautiful Turkish Words
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18 Feb 2008 Mon 02:44 am |
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... have got to be "Estagfurullah" and "Efendim", as, in my opinion, they exemplify beautifully the Turkish way of extremely polite verbal communication. "Estagfurullah" (the 'g' is silent) is an expression that roughly means "Don't mention it".. It's used to convey 'modesty' when accepting a compliment. Its original Ottoman meaning was... "I ask the pardon of God". "Efendim" is the polite way of responding to someone's address/call. A polite man/woman would typically answer the phone by saying "Efendim". Its literal meaning is.."My Master".
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18 Feb 2008 Mon 04:50 am |
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my favorıte word ıs aşkım ıdk why xD
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19 Feb 2008 Tue 12:32 am |
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i like the word aşk.I like the Sh sound.
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19 Feb 2008 Tue 12:38 am |
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Maşallah,anlastık,yakışıklı, yumuşak - no reason I just like the way they sound.
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19 Feb 2008 Tue 12:40 am |
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Turkish shhhhhhhhhh sounds:
Iyi Akşamlar
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19 Feb 2008 Tue 12:49 am |
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Quoting Roswitha: ... have got to be "Estagfurullah" and "Efendim", as, in my opinion, they exemplify beautifully the Turkish way of extremely polite verbal communication. "Estagfurullah" (the 'g' is silent) is an expression that roughly means "Don't mention it".. It's used to convey 'modesty' when accepting a compliment. Its original Ottoman meaning was... "I ask the pardon of God". "Efendim" is the polite way of responding to someone's address/call. A polite man/woman would typically answer the phone by saying "Efendim". Its literal meaning is.."My Master".
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giggle .. I was being stubborn one day and would not use "efendim" would always answer .. "yes" "what" 
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19 Feb 2008 Tue 12:51 am |
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Quoting Roswitha: ... have got to be "Estagfurullah" and "Efendim", as, in my opinion, they exemplify beautifully the Turkish way of extremely polite verbal communication. "Estagfurullah" (the 'g' is silent) is an expression that roughly means "Don't mention it".. It's used to convey 'modesty' when accepting a compliment. Its original Ottoman meaning was... "I ask the pardon of God". "Efendim" is the polite way of responding to someone's address/call. A polite man/woman would typically answer the phone by saying "Efendim". Its literal meaning is.."My Master".
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Actually I agree with you - I think Efendim is beautiful 
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19 Feb 2008 Tue 12:56 am |
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One very closely guarded Turkish secret for all of you..
I think the word "effendi" is originally from Greek !
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19 Feb 2008 Tue 12:57 am |
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Quoting AEnigma III: Quoting Roswitha: ... have got to be "Estagfurullah" and "Efendim", as, in my opinion, they exemplify beautifully the Turkish way of extremely polite verbal communication. "Estagfurullah" (the 'g' is silent) is an expression that roughly means "Don't mention it".. It's used to convey 'modesty' when accepting a compliment. Its original Ottoman meaning was... "I ask the pardon of God". "Efendim" is the polite way of responding to someone's address/call. A polite man/woman would typically answer the phone by saying "Efendim". Its literal meaning is.."My Master".
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Actually I agree with you - I think Efendim is beautiful |
I love the way even very small children say it to their parents and vice versa - it sounds so sweet - and so much politer than British children!
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19 Feb 2008 Tue 01:00 am |
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all being stubborn aside .. I agree .. it is a beautiful word .. 
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