zemin
1. ground, earth. 2. floor. 3. ground on which a building rests. 4. ground floor (of a multistory building). 5. ground, background: beyaz zemin üzerine mavi yollar blue stripes on a white ground. 6. basis, ground. 7. subject, topic: bu zeminde on this subject. 8. conditions, circumstances: Buna zemin henüz müsait değil. The conditions aren´t yet right for this. -- etüdü evaluation of the soil (of a site where construction is planned); soil survey. -- hazırlamak /a/ to lay the groundwork (for). -- katı ground floor. -- mekaniği soil mechanics. -- suyu groundwater. -- ve zamana uygun suited to both the place and the time.