Vocabulary

Phrases

Grammar

Turkish Gender

This page discusses the gender in Turkish. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: oğlan
Girl: kız
Man: adam
Woman: kadın
Father: baba
Mother: anne
Brother: Erkek kardeş
Sister: Kız kardeş
Actor: Aktör
Actress: Aktris
Cat (m): Erkek kedi
Cat (f): Dişi kedi

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: O uzundur
She is tall: O uzundur
He is a short man: O kısa bir adamdır
She is a short woman: O kısa bir kadındır
He is German: O Almandır
She is German: O Almandır
Japanese men are friendly: Japon erkekleri ardadaş canlısıdır
Japanese women are friendly: Japon kadınları arkadaş canlısıdır

Now that you have explored the gender in Turkish, let's move on to the next subject below. Or simply choose your own topic from the menu above.

Turkish PluralPrevious lesson:

Turkish Plural

Next lesson:

Turkish Pronouns

Turkish Pronouns