kimse

Meaning

1. somebody, anybody
2. nobody

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كمسه (kimse).

Sentences

Kimse onu görmemiş .

Nobody has seen her!

Veren eli kimse kesmez .

Nobody cuts the giving hand.

Kimse ayranım ekşi demez .

Nobody says buttermilk is sour.

Kahvenin önünde birkaç ihtiyardan başka kimse kalmamıştı.

There was no one left in front of the coffee except a few old men.

Bozkır köylüsünün ne düşündüğünü ve ne beklediğini kimse bilmez.

No one knows what the steppe peasant thinks and what he expects.

Kabahat samur kürk olsa kimse sırtına almaz .

If the fault was sable fur, no one would take it on their back.