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"Pencil sharpener", "Pencil sharpeners" in Turkish

By Şeyma P.

In Turkish, "Pencil sharpener" is written as:

Kalemtıraş

In Turkish, "Pencil sharpeners" is written as:

Kalemtıraşlar

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
"Can I borrow your pencil sharpener?"

Kalemtıraşını ödünç alabilir miyim?

 
"Here is a pencil sharpener."

İşte bir kalemtıraş.

 
"This store sells pencil sharpeners."

Bu dükkân kalemtıraş satıyor.

 
"There is a blue pencil sharpener on your desk."

Masanda mavi bir kalemtıraş var.

 
"There is a pencil sharpener at the back of the classroom."

Sınıfın arka tarafında bir kalemtıraş var.
 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

"Pencil sharpener", "Pencil sharpeners" in Lebanese Arabic

"Pencil sharpener", "Pencil Sharpeners" in Tunisian Arabic
 

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Şeyma P. is a Turkish citizen who has lived in Türkiye for over 20 years. Her favourite Turkish food is Karnıyarık, her favourite Turkish movie is Kış Uykusu (Winter Sleep), and her favourite city in Türkiye is Istanbul. She writes of the country's largest city, "I feel like a character from a novel or a story while wandering the streets and mostly getting lost :). It is impossible not to feel the Istanbul in poems, stories and novels. It's a city where I can't get enough of its cultural and artistic activities and often can't keep up.”

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