A List of Turkish Intensified Adjectives
A List of Turkish Intensified Adjectives
To Intensify a Turkish Adjective
The initial letter of adjective adjective is replaced with one of the letters p,r,s,m.
This method is used in normal conversation by the speaker.
There are some exceptions which add a prefix:
paramparça in smithereeens
çirilçiplak stark naked
This replacement has no rule.
It is the choice of which letter sounds better in general conversation.
The following list is of Intensified Turkish Adjectives and Adverbs which have come into universal use.
Many of then can be found in a good dictionary.
They are in constant use both in daily conversation, newspapers and periodicals.
It is a way that language colours itself.
List of Turkish Intensified Adjectives
| Turkish | English | Intensified | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| acayip | queer | apacayip | strange |
| acele | in a hurry | alelacele | hastily |
| açık | clear/open | apaçık | very clear |
| ayrı | separate | apayrı | quite separate |
| bakkal | grocer | bakkal çakkal | grocers and like |
| başka | another | bambaşka | quite another |
| bayağı | common | basbayağı | very common |
| baygın | unconscious | aygın baygın | languid |
| bedava | gratis | besbedava | completely free |
| belli | evident | besbelli | very clear |
| beter | worse | besbeter | even worse |
| beyaz | white | bembeyaz | brilliant white |
| bok | shit | bombok | utterly spoilt |
| bol | full | bosbol | filled up |
| boş | empty | bomboş | quite empty |
| burun | nose | baltaburun | hook nosed |
| buruşuk | creased | bumburuşuk | wrinkled |
| bütün | all | büsbütün | wholly |
| canlı | alive | capcanlı | animate |
| çabuk | quickly | çarçabuk | very quickly |
| çevre | surroundings | çepeçevre | all around |
| çöp | rubbish | çerçöp | sweepings |
| çıplak | nude, naked | çırılçıplak | stark naked |
| dağınık | untidy | darmadağınık | really untidy |
| dar | narrow | dapdar | cramped |
| daracık | pretty narrow | dapdaracık | very narrow |
| dazlak | bald, skin head | dumdazlak | completely bald |
| deli | madman | zıpırdeli | frantic madman |
| deli | crazy | zırdeli | raving mad |
| delice | crazily | deldelice | madly |
| dik | perpendicular | dimdik | bolt upright |
| diri | alive | dipdiri | full of life |
| dizgin | (stirrup) | doludizgin | at full pelt |
| dızlak | bald/naked | dımdızlak | destitute |
| doğru | right/correct | dosdoğru | dead right |
| dolu | full | dopdolu | crammed full |
| duru | limpid | dupduru | very clear |
| düz | flat | düpedüz | dead flat |
| düz | straight | dümdüz | dead straight |
| düz | even | düpedüz | dead even |
| geniş | wide | gepgeniş | expansive |
| gıcır | brand new | gıpgıcır | spanking new |
| gündüz | daylight | güpegündüz | broad daylight |
| hızli | fast | hıphızli | very fast |
| ince | thin | ipince | very thin |
| ılık | tepid | ıpılık | lukewarm |
| ıslak | wet | ıpıslak | sopping |
| ıssız | uninhabited | ıpıssız | desolate |
| iri | big | ipiri | very huge |
| kara | black | kapkara | pitch black |
| kalın | thick | kapkalın | quite thick |
| karışık | mixed | karmakarışık | mixed up |
| kısa | short | kıpkısa | very short |
| koca | large | koskoca | huge |
| kocaman | huge | koskocaman | enormous |
| kolay | easy | kopkolay | very easily |
| koyu | dense dark | kopkoyu | really dark |
| kör | blind | köpkör | absolutely blind |
| kötü | bad | köpkötü | very bad |
| kötürüm | paralyzed | köskötürüm | comatose |
| kuru | dry | kupkuru | bone dry |
| kütük | a log | küskütük | hopelessly drunk |
| kıvrak | tidy | kıskıvrak | neat and tidy |
| mavi | blue | masmavi | bright blue |
| mor | purple | mosmor | bright purple |
| pak | clean | akpak | squeaky clean |
| pembe | pink | pespembe | shocking pink |
| perişan | worried | perperişan | perturbed |
| parça | bits | paramparça | in smithereens |
| pis | dirty | pimpis | filthy dirty |
| sağlam | healthy | sapasağlam | in fine fettle |
| sarı | yellow | sapsarı | bright yellow |
| sefil | miserable/poor | sersefil | very poor |
| sıcak | hot | sımsıcak | red-hot |
| sıklam | damp | sırılsıklam | sopping |
| sıkı | tight | sımsıkı | very tight |
| sivri | sharp | sipsivri | dead sharp |
| siyah | black | simsiyah | jet black |
| şirin | charming | şipşirin | very charming |
| talan | pillage | alantalan | in confusion |
| tamam | complete | tastamam | perfect |
| tatlı | sweet | taptatlı | very sweet |
| taze | fresh (food) | terütaze | very fresh |
| taze | fresh | taptaze | very fresh |
| temiz | clean | tertemiz | squeaky clean |
| top | ball-like | tortop | quite round |
| uslu | docile | upuslu | well behaved |
| uzun | long | upuzun | very long |
| uygun | suitable | upuygun | adequate |
| yalnız | alone | yapayalnız | absolutely alone |
| yassı | flat and wide | yamyassı | very flat |
| yaş | wet | yamyaş | all wet |
| yeni | new | yepyeni | brand new |
| yeşil | green | yemyeşil | bright green |
| yumru | swollen | yusyumru | very swollen |
| yumuşak | soft | yusyumuşak | very soft |
| yuvarlak | spherical | yusyuvarlak | globular |
| zayıf | thin | zapzayıf | feeble |
| zor | difficult | zopzor | very hard |
