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Heavy Goods Vehicles

Turkish translation: Ağır vasıtalar

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English term or phrase:Heavy Goods Vehicles
Turkish translation:Ağır vasıtalar
Entered by: MURAT TUKEL

11:14 Dec 8, 2001
English to Turkish translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: Heavy Goods Vehicles
Haulage - Transporting goods
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Ağır vasıtalar
Explanation:
"Ağır vasıta" is a legal term that is used on placards for heavy/slow moving trucks on Turkish highways. "vasıta" can also be "araç" both translated into "vehicle" in English. For plural add "-lar" to either one of them.
T.I.R. is commonly used as a substitution however, it is not Turkish rather an international term ('Transportation Internationale Routiere').
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MURAT TUKEL
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Local time: 16:02
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5 +2Ağır vasıtalar
MURAT TUKEL
5Tırlar
Tim Drayton
4Heavy Goods Vehicles
serdar


  

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Tırlar


Explanation:
'Tır' is the word most commonly used in Turkish for heavy duty trucks - particularly those used for international transport, originally deriving from the French 'Transportation Internationale Routiere' and the fact that such vehicles bear a plate reading 'TIR'. The 'lar' here is the plural suffix.
Failing that, you could use 'kamyon/kamyonlar (pl)', the word for lorry/truck.

Tim Drayton
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Local time: 23:02
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Ağır vasıtalar


Explanation:
"Ağır vasıta" is a legal term that is used on placards for heavy/slow moving trucks on Turkish highways. "vasıta" can also be "araç" both translated into "vehicle" in English. For plural add "-lar" to either one of them.
T.I.R. is commonly used as a substitution however, it is not Turkish rather an international term ('Transportation Internationale Routiere').


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MURAT TUKEL
United States
Local time: 16:02
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in pair: 16
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agree  ekenar
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Heavy Goods Vehicles


Explanation:
"Ağır Yük Taşıma Araçları" or
"Ağır Nakliye Araçları"

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serdar

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