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kaçmış

English translation: dull eyes

17:27 Nov 3, 2009

Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Autobiography: Şu dağın ardı İran – Meltem Vural

Turkish term or phrase: kaçmış

Greetings,

The sentence ın full:

Feri kaçmış iri yeşil gözleriyle enjektörün boşalmasını izledi.

It describes someone (I think “Feri” is a name, though I'm not completely sure) watching Meltem’s Iranian mother-in-law inject herself with insulin to alleviate her diabetes.

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

SeiTT KudoZ activity Questions: 1486 (4 open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 1 United Kingdom
Local time: 19:03

English translation:dull eyes

Explanation:
feri kaçmış ---> dull eyes

Fer means brightness therefore the phrase you have asked refers to looking with dull eyes.

Selected response from:

Gulay Baran
Turkey
Local time: 21:03

Grading comment

many thanks excellent
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +5

dull eyes

Gulay Baran

3 +4

with faint eyes

Mustafa Er (BSc MA)

5 +1

lifeless eyes

simulacra

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

with faint eyes

Explanation:
feri kaçmış=faint eyes

Mustafa Er (BSc MA)
Turkey
Local time: 21:03
Native speaker of:

Turkish,

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

dull eyes

Explanation:
feri kaçmış ---> dull eyes

Fer means brightness therefore the phrase you have asked refers to looking with dull eyes.

Example sentence(s):

A dusty beggar sat between a silver Mercedes and a Black BMW, looking with dull eyes at teenagers in animated cell-phone conversations.

Gulay Baran
Turkey
Local time: 21:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

many thanks excellent

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

lifeless eyes

Explanation:

As Ms. Baran put it, "fer" means brightness, or livelihood. "feri kaçmış" means "lacking brightness/livelihood".

http://tdkterim.gov.tr/bts/?kategori=verilst&kelime=fer&ayn=...

simulacra
United States
Local time: 14:03
Native speaker of:

English,

Turkish