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servant

Turkish translation: hizmetçi; hizmetkâr; uşak

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English term or phrase:servant
Turkish translation:hizmetçi; hizmetkâr; uşak
Entered by: Özden Arıkan

19:53 Jan 29, 2003
English to Turkish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: servant
What is the Turkish word for servant?
"hizmetçi", "hizmetkâr", "uşak"
Explanation:
"hademe" is NOT servant
"hizmetçi" is usually used for females, especially for the house-servant
"uşak" is exclusively male house-servant
"hizmetkâr" is used for figurative senses - though it's used literally as well

if the above is not satisfactory you better provide more context
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Özden Arıkan
Germany
Local time: 21:42
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Summary of answers provided
5 +9"hizmetçi", "hizmetkâr", "uşak"
Özden Arıkan
4 +3hizmetci, hademe, usak
Serge L
5 +2hizmetçi, köle, besleme (if it is Civil Servant=Memur)
1964
5 +1uşak / hizmetçi / köle / besleme / adam / yardımcı
shenay kharatekin
2 +2posta, pasaparola, mustahdem, hizmetli
mgedik
1 +1Hizmetli
candan (X)


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
hizmetci, hademe, usak


Explanation:
according to this dictionary...

Serge L.


    Reference: http://www.hazar.com/
Serge L
Local time: 21:42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  shenay kharatekin: ilk akla gelen hizmetçi
16 hrs
  -> Thanks (though I don't understand Turkish), I just looked it up in an online dictionary...
agree  1964
1 day 12 hrs
  -> Thanks Tayfun!
agree  Selcuk Akyuz
4 days
  -> Thank you!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hizmetçi, köle, besleme (if it is Civil Servant=Memur)


Explanation:
Other meanings are below

(Civil Servant=Memur)
uşak
İş Dünyası servant hizmetçi
İş Dünyası servant köle
İş Dünyası servant besleme
İş Dünyası servant adam
İş Dünyası servant yardımcı
İş Dünyası servant's wages uşak / hizmetçi ücretleri
İş Dünyası servant boy uşak
İş Dünyası servant girl hizmetçi kız
İş Dünyası servant of a company şirket üyesi


1964
Türkiye
Local time: 22:42
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Özden Arıkan: BUT "köle", "besleme" and "adam" can be misleading unless there is a special context
10 mins
  -> But we don't know the context all maybe true. If it is in Historical article it may be
agree  shenay kharatekin: zarrrrgaaaannnnnn :-)
14 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
"hizmetçi", "hizmetkâr", "uşak"


Explanation:
"hademe" is NOT servant
"hizmetçi" is usually used for females, especially for the house-servant
"uşak" is exclusively male house-servant
"hizmetkâr" is used for figurative senses - though it's used literally as well

if the above is not satisfactory you better provide more context

Özden Arıkan
Germany
Local time: 21:42
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra OLIVER: right-on expalanations. I agree with your remark. Another anonymous!!!
1 hr
  -> maybe time to start discussing some measures, i dont mind this one above, personally, but there are obvious abuses sometimes
agree  Nilgün Bayram (X)
1 hr
agree  AZRA AKARTUNA
1 hr
agree  Arzu Durukan: hizmetkar'a katılıyorum hizmetçinin karşılığı daha çok maid diye geçiyor
1 hr
agree  mgedik: hizmetkar da bana mantıklı geliyor ama kelimenin kullanıldığı yerede bakmak lazım
10 hrs
agree  shenay kharatekin: en çok kullanılanı hizmetçi
15 hrs
agree  1964
1 day 12 hrs
agree  aslihan
2 days 22 hrs
agree  Selcuk Akyuz
4 days
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
posta, pasaparola, mustahdem, hizmetli


Explanation:
posta and pasaparola are the servant soldiers in navy. mustahdem and hizmetli are the servants in offical offices

mgedik
Türkiye
Local time: 22:42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  candan (X): hizmetli
2 hrs
agree  1964
1 day 2 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Hizmetli


Explanation:
Another option, and I would prefer to use this word rather than more aggressive expressions like "hizmetçi", "uşak" etc.

This word "Hizmetli" covers all meanings the other friends try to explain.

candan (X)
Local time: 20:42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Nilgün Bayram (X): Hizmetli has a different meaning. Hizmetli: resmi yerlerde odacılık, kapıcılık gibi işlerde kullanılan kimse. Hizmetli:person who works as a cleaner, messenger, or doorman in a goverment office.
4 hrs
agree  mgedik: çok ince bir yakalaşım ama tercümede amaç anlatılmak isteneni en iyi ifade edecek karşılığı bulmak ise yerine göre aggresive ifadeler kullanılabilir
1 day 2 hrs
agree  H. Sıla Okur: evet, hizmetlinin, kulağa daha sert gelen hademe, odacı, kapıcı vb.'nin yerini alması söz konusu.
1 day 3 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
uşak / hizmetçi / köle / besleme / adam / yardımcı


Explanation:
Aradığınız terim: servant, İlk 30 kayıt görüntüleniyor.
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İş Dünyası servant uşak
İş Dünyası servant hizmetçi
İş Dünyası servant köle
İş Dünyası servant besleme
İş Dünyası servant adam
İş Dünyası servant yardımcı



    Reference: http://www.zargan.com
shenay kharatekin
Türkiye
Local time: 22:42
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  1964
21 hrs
  -> :-)
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