kırk
,-kı 1. forty. 2. very many; far too many. -- anahtar sahibi/-- anahtarlı man of property; very rich person. -- bir buçuk maşallah!/-- bir kere maşallah! colloq. May no harm befall him/her/it! --ı çıkmak /ın/ for forty days to have passed (after a woman has given birth/after a baby has been born/after someone has died). --/bin dereden su getirmek to find all kinds of excuses. -- evin kedisi person who is always in and out of other people´s houses. -- ikindi afternoon rains (which continue about forty days in certain regions of Anatolia). -- kapının ipini çekmek to go to or apply to many places. --ları karışmak to be born with-in the same forty-day period. --ından sonra azanı teneşir paklar./--ından sonra azana çare bulunmaz. proverb If a middle-aged man starts acting like a randy young buck, it won´t be long until he kicks the bucket. --ından sonra azmak to start behaving like a randy young buck after one has reached middle age. --ından sonra saz çalmak to take up something rather late in life. --/her tarakta bezi olmak to have one´s finger in many pies; to be involved in many different things. -- yılın başı/başında/-- yılda bir very seldom, once in a blue moon. -- yıllık Kâni, olur mu Yani? proverb Can a leopard change its spots?