akıl
,-klı 1. reason, intelligence; wisdom, discernment, discretion. 2. mind, comprehension. 3. memory. 4. idea, opinion, thought. 5. advice. --dan 1. from memory. 2. by the use of one´s imagination. --ımda I haven´t forgotten it./I have it in mind. -- akıl, gel çengele takıl. colloq. I don´t see how we can solve this problem. -- akıldan üstündür. proverb It pays to consult others. -- almak /dan/ to ask (someone´s) advice, consult (a person). --ını almak /ın/ to charm, bewitch, fascinate. -- almamak to be incredible. --ı almamak /ı/ 1. not to understand. 2. not to believe that (it) is possible. 3. to find (it) unacceptable. -- almaz unbelievable, inconceivable. --ı başında sensible, (someone) who has his/her head screwed on right. --ını başına almak/toplamak/devşirmek to come to one´s senses. --ını başından almak /ın/ 1. to deprive (someone) of his/her senses, leave (someone) unable to think straight. 2. to scare (someone) silly, scare the wits out of. --ı başından bir karış yukarı/yukarıda impulsive, rash, impetuous, (someone) who does the first thing that comes into his head. --ı başına gelmek 1. to come to one´s senses, sober down. 2. to come to. --ı başından gitmek 1. to be overwhelmed, be beside oneself. 2. to faint. --ı başında olmamak 1. to be confused, be unable to think straight. 2. to be unconscious. --ını başka yere vermek to let one´s mind wander. --ınla bin yaşa! You´re really thinking today! (said sarcastically to the author of an idea one finds absurd). --ı bokuna karışmak vulg. 1. to be frightened to death. 2. to be overcome with joy. --ını bozmak /la/ to be obsessed (with). -- bu ya! colloq. We/He thought it was a good idea! --ını çalmak /ın/ 1. to enchant, fascinate, charm, captivate. 2. to influence, sway. --ını çelmek /ın/ 1. to dissuade from a good intention, cause (one) to give up a decision. 2. to corrupt, lead astray. --dan çıkarmak /ı/ to forget all about (it), give up the idea (of). --ı çıkmak to worry oneself sick, be near panic. --ından çıkmak to slip one´s mind. --ından çıkmamak 1. to stick in one´s mind. 2. to go around and around in one´s head. --ının çivisi eksik not very bright; screwy, cracked. --ı dağılmak to be unable to concentrate. -- danışmak /a/ to consult, ask (someone) for advice. -- defteri colloq. notebook. -- doktoru colloq. psychiatrist. --ını durdurmak /ın/ (for something) to make (someone) unable to think straight. --lara durgunluk vermek (for something) to blow one´s mind. --ı durmak to be openmouthed with astonishment. --ına düşmek 1. to come back to one´s mind. 2. to come into one´s mind, strike one. -- eksikliği mental deficiency. -- erdirememek /a/ to be unable to fathom. --ı ermek 1. /a/ to understand, grasp. 2. to be mentally mature. -- ermemek /a/ 1. not to be able to conceive of; to find inconceivable. 2. to find unacceptable. --ına eseni yapmak to act on impulse, do whatever comes into his/her head. --ına esmek to come into one´s head. -- etmek /ı/ to think of (doing something) (at the right time). --ı evvel pretentious about one´s wisdom. -- fikir mind: Allah akıl fikir versin! May God cause you to think straight! Aklın fikrin neredeydi? Why didn´t you think? Cafer´in aklı fikri tiyatroda. All Cafer thinks about is the theater. --ından geçirmek /ı/ to happen to think (of). --ından geçmek to occur to one, pass through one´s mind. --a gelmedik unanticipated. --ına gelmek 1. to occur to one. 2. to come back to one´s memory. --ıma gelen başıma geldi. colloq. What l was afraid of has happened. --ına geleni söylemek to speak without thinking. --ına geleni yapmak to act on impulse, do whatever comes into his/her head. --a gelmeyen başa gelir. proverb You can´t always anticipate everything. --a gelmez inconceivable; not anticipated. --ına getirmek 1. /ı, ın/ to remind (someone) of. 2. /ı/ to consider, think (of). --ı gitmek 1. to be confused, be perplexed. 2. /a/ to be taken (by). --ı gözünde (one) who believes only what he sees. -- harcı olmamak /ın/ (for something) to be beyond (someone´s) comprehension, be beyond (someone) (used pejoratively). -- hastalığı mental illness, mental disorder. -- hastanesi mental hospital. -- hastası mental patient, person who is mentally ill. -- havsala almamak /ı/ (for something) to be beyond belief: Bu hikâyeyi akıl havsala alamaz. This story is beyond belief. --a hayale gelmeyen incredible. -- hocası advisor, mentor, master (sometimes ironic). -- için yol birdir. proverb Those who are wise will all agree in the end. -- işi değil. colloq. It is unacceptable. --ını kaçırmak 1. to go mad, go out of one´s mind. 2. to behave irrationally. --ında kalmak 1. to stick in one´s mind. 2. to remember. -- kârı olmamak to be unreasonable, be unwise (to do). --ı karışmak to be confused and perplexed. --ını kaybetmek to go out of one´s mind. --ı kesmek /ı/ to decide that (a plan) is feasible. --ına koymak 1. /ı/ to make up one´s mind on (something) and be adamant. 2. /ı, ın/ to convince (someone) of (something). -- kutusu/kumkuması a mine of wisdom (person). --ında olsun! colloq. Don´t forget. --ını oynatmak to go out of one´s head. -- öğretmek /a/ to give (someone) advice. --ını peynir ekmekle yemek to lose one´s senses. -- satmak /a/ to offer (someone) unsolicited advice. --ına sığdıramamak /ı/ (for one´s reason) not to accept (something): Bunu aklıma sığdıramıyorum. My reason won´t accept this. --ına sığmamak /ın/ to be unable to swallow, be unable to believe (something): Hiç aklıma sığmıyor. I just can´t swallow it. -- sır ermemek /a/ (for something) to be a mystery, be beyond comprehension: Oraya nasıl vardığına akıl sır ermiyor. How he got there is a mystery. --ı sıra as he sees it. --ı sonradan gelmek to reverse a decision after it has been made. --ından söküp atamamak /ı/ to be unable to get (something) off one´s mind. --ına şaşayım/şaşarım. colloq. I am surprised at you. Don´t you have any brains? --ını şaşırmak to lose one´s senses. --ı takılmak /a/ to be preoccupied, be obsessed (with). --ına takılmak /ın/ to stick in (one´s) mind and bother (one). --ına takmak /ı/ to get (something) in one´s mind and not let go of it, be obsessed with (something). --ının terazisi bozulmak /ın/ to start to behave irrationally. -- terelelli /da/ freakish, frivolous (person). --ına turp sıkayım. colloq. What a fool you are! --da tutmak /ı/ to bear (something) in mind. --ının ucundan geçmemek (for something) never to cross (someone´s) mind, never to occur to (someone). --a uygun believable, credible. --ına uymak /ın/ to conform to (someone else´s) (wrong or improper) way of thinking. -- var, izan/mantık/yakın var. colloq. There is a logic to the situation./It is clear if one thinks about it. -- vermek /a/ to give (someone) advice. --a yakın reasonable, plausible. -- yaşta değil, baştadır. proverb Intelligence doesn´t go by age. --ı yatmak /a/ to be convinced (of), accept as right or true. --ına yelken etmek to follow one´s impulses. --ına yer etmek (for an idea) to find a niche in one´s mind; to become a part of one´s store of ideas. -- yormak to think hard, rack one´s brains. -- yürütmek to reason, use one´s reason to arrive at conclusions. --a zarar/--lara ziyan perplexing, very confusing. -- zayıflığı mental deficiency. --ı zıvanadan çıkmak to go mad. --ından zoru olmak to have something wrong with one´s mind.