karışık

Meaning

1. Consisting of things of different qualities; mixed, diverse, assorted.
2. In disorder, untidy, disorganized.
3. (with-instrumental) Mixed with, blended with.
4. Not pure, hybrid, composite, impure.
5. Difficult to understand, complex, complicated, tricky.

Hyphenated as

ka‧rı‧şık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.ɾɯˈʃɯk/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قارشق (karışık, “mixed, adulterated, confused, disordered”), from قارشمق (karışmak, “to join and mix, to become confused and disordered, to interfere, to exercise control”), from Proto-Turkic *karïĺ- (“to be mixed with one another, to be tacked onto each other”), from *kar- (“to mix”) + *-ïĺ (“reflexive suffix”), morphologically kar- + -ış- + -ık.

Sentences

Parça karışık tepkiler aldı .

It has drawn mixed reactions.

Bugüne kadar gelen tepkiler karışık oldu .

Reactions so far have been mixed.

Fikir karışık tepkilere yol açtı.

The idea has prompted mixed reactions.

Tartışmalara gelen tepkiler karışık oldu .

Response to the debate is mixed.

Bugünse Türkiye'nin çıkarları çok daha karışık .

Today, Turkey's interests are much more mixed.

SC vatandaşlarının tepkileri karışık oldu .

RS citizens have mixed reactions.