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âlim

Pronunciation: aalim. Turkish translation of "scholar", a person who is a specialist in a field. Formerly and rarely nowadays, it also refers to a person that specialist in a branch of Islamic sciences such as Kelâm, Hadis, Siyer etc.
Cemiyette hakîkî âlimlerin sayısı pek azdır - The number of true scholars in a society is very low.
by ifot89 August 20, 2020
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Lira

Name of the Turkish currency that is being used since Ottoman Empire, from Latin "libra". It equals to a hundred kuruş (qurush, sub-currency of it. From German "groschen" which is also from Latin).
Üç yüz kuruş üç liraya tekâbül eder - Three hundred qurushes correspond to three liras.

Bu insanlar üç kuruş için birbirlerine girerler - These people would fight with each other for 3 qurushes (Rare usage, in this case it refers to a very small amount of money)

Üç kuruşluk adamlar/insanlar - Men/People worth three qurushes (Which is also rare, indicates the despicableness of those men/people, usually men)
by ifot89 August 20, 2020
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