Köse

08:32 Aug 29, 2013
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Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Anthropology
Turkish term or phrase: Köse
Sakalsız, sakalını kesen erkekten farklı olarak doğuştan sakalı olmayan.
Faruk Atabeyli
Türkiye
Local time: 11:58


Summary of answers provided
5 +1anatomically beardless
Can KARABULUT
5beardless
Aziz Kural
5Beardless
Serdar Usta
5lack of/lacking facial hair
Raffi Jamgocyan
4 +1incapable of producing a beard
Tim Drayton
5congenitally beardless
Salih YILDIRIM


Discussion entries: 3





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
beardless


Explanation:
Selam,
Aziz

Aziz Kural
Türkiye
Local time: 11:58
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Beardless


Explanation:
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Serdar Usta
Türkiye
Local time: 11:58
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
lack of/lacking facial hair


Explanation:
beardless sakalsız demektir, traş olmuş kişileri de kapsar


    Reference: http://goo.gl/UVucr8
    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/beardless?s=t
Raffi Jamgocyan
Türkiye
Local time: 11:58
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
incapable of producing a beard


Explanation:
This is a semantic gap in English; there is no equivalent word or expression and we can only paraphrase.

Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 10:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alp Berker: yes, incapable of growing a beard
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
anatomically beardless


Explanation:
Aşağıdaki linkte, bir topluluk tarif edilirken anatomik olarak sakalı çıkmayan kişilerden bahsediliyor. Aslında sizin açıklamanızda da yol gösterdiğiniz üzere, anatomik olarak sakalsız anlamında bir ifade yer almaktadır.

Example sentence(s):
  • These short, slight, yellow-brown peoples on both sides of the Pacific simply were anatomically beardless.

    Reference: http://www.whiteindians.com/diffusionism/bearded-gods.html
Can KARABULUT
Türkiye
Local time: 11:58
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

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agree  Tim Drayton: 'Congenitally beardless' may also work.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
congenitally beardless


Explanation:
Derdim.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 04:58
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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