Work
"Work" in Turkish
emek
(labour, employment, occupation, job)
emek
(effort expended on a particular task)
eser
(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
iş
(labour, employment, occupation, job)
iş
(place where one is employed)
iş
(physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object)
meslek
(labour, employment, occupation, job)
yapıt
(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
iş görmek
(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)
işe yaramak
(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)
işlemek
(to shape, form, or improve a material)
işlemek
(to cause to move or progress)
işlemek
(to embroider with thread)
işletmek
(to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty.)
çalışmak
(to do a specific task)
çalışmak
(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)
çalıştırmak
(to set into action — see also operate)
çalıştırmak
(to force to work)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.