ateş

Meaning

1. fire
2. fever, temperature
3. gunfire; artillery fire
4. light (flame to create fire)
5. (informal) lighter
6. anger

Hyphenated as

a‧teş

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɑˈt̪eʃ]

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آتش (ateş, “fire”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ataş, “fire”), ultimately from Persian آتش (âtaš). Replaced od (“fire”), the native Turkic word for fire. According to Urusbiev (1963:51) composed of at- (“to shoot, fire”) + -ş.

Sentences

Grupta iki kişide yüksek ateş vardı .

Two in the group had high temperatures.

Halk tasarıya ateş püskürüyor.

The public footed the bill.

Kuru baklayla ateş yakamayız biz !

We can't build a fire with dry pods!

Bütün gün bir işe yaramayan çifteyi o tarafa çevirip ateş ettim.

I turned the useless couple in that direction all day and shot.

Başımı kendisine doğru çekti ve bütün yüzümü ateş gibi buselere boğdu.

He pulled my head towards him and drowned my whole face in bushes like fire.