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Turkish words for virtues? Eng to Tur translation + suggestions!
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 12:20 am |
Hello everyone, I wonder if you can help. I am trying to list 7 virtues...like 7 personal qualities one should aim for...but I want to list them in Turkish and I´m having trouble finding the correct words and knowing if they are all in the right tense?
Roughly in English I want to say:
Honesty
Forgiveness
Dignity
Grace
Integrity
Kindness
Strength (of character)
In Turkish the closest I can get is:
dürüstlük
af
aðýrbaþlýlýk
zarafet
bütünlük
þefkat
metanet
Does that make sense?? Or does anyone know of any Turkish words that may be better?
Many thanks! 
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 12:31 am |
Hello everyone, I wonder if you can help. I am trying to list 7 virtues...like 7 personal qualities one should aim for...but I want to list them in Turkish and I´m having trouble finding the correct words and knowing if they are all in the right tense?
Roughly in English I want to say:
Honesty
Forgiveness
Dignity
Grace
Integrity
Kindness
Strength (of character)
In Turkish the closest I can get is:
dürüstlük
merhamet
aðýrbaþlýlýk
zarafet
bütünlük
nezaket
metanet
Does that make sense?? Or does anyone know of any Turkish words that may be better?
Many thanks! 
I would replace those 2 in bolds.
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 12:46 am |
my...that was a fast and concise response, thank you very much.
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 12:55 am |
Why for "forgiveness" "merhamet"??? I´d say "baðýþlama".
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 01:03 am |
Why for "forgiveness" "merhamet"??? I´d say "baðýþlama".
because he asks the words for characteristics. but we can say baðýþlayýcýlýk, which means the same as merhamet.
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 01:07 am |
if it helps, i suppose I´m looking for nouns.
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 01:15 am |
zarafet sounds elegance or being beautiful as appearance more generally, doesn´t it, my Turkish friends?
We are not talking about elegance here, I guess. We need another word in Turkish for this "grace" term.
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 01:40 am |
zarafet sounds elegance or being beautiful as appearance more generally, doesn´t it, my Turkish friends?
We are not talking about elegance here, I guess. We need another word in Turkish for this "grace" term.
maybe he is really talking about zarafet, but anyway, if we use incelik, maybe it is better?
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 09:56 am |
hmm...maybe there is no exact equivalent to the English word grace, I am looking for a word that evokes ideas of being subtle, delicate, gracious.
Maybe you have some Turkish words that describe desirable human qualities that perhaps English doesn´t have words for?
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21 Jan 2009 Wed 11:11 pm |
thanks for all your help so far.
does anyone have any more suggestions for Turkish words which name virtues/good personal qualities for life?
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