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odguedeni
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 Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:43 am Post subject: is 'Esat' a male name? |
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Hey everyone! Now i'm going to reveal how much i know about Turkish lge and culture by making the following pathetic question: Is 'Esat' a male or female name? It sounds male to me, but i just wanted to double check before writing this presentation letter with the appropiate Mr (or Ms). Thank you so much  |
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odguedeni
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| Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| the same embarrassing question continues for the following names: Oya, Arzu, Sedat, Nilay, FIrat and Serpil. thank you to whever could decypher their gender for me! |
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sandyhoney2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
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| odguedeni wrote: |
| the same embarrassing question continues for the following names: Oya, Arzu, Sedat, Nilay, FIrat and Serpil. thank you to whever could decypher their gender for me! |
Arzu - female
Firat - male
Sedat - male
The others I'm not sure of. My guess is that 'Esat' is male, Oya - female, Nilay - (?), Serpil -male. |
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justme
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:40 am Post subject: |
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Never heard Esat but it sounds male.
Oya, Serpil and Nilay are female. |
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calsimsek
Joined: 15 Jul 2004
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Location: Ist Turkey
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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odguedeni:
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| Is 'Esat' a male or female name? |
100% male. Old Arab / Turkish name. |
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odguedeni
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| thank you so much again. now i feel better to know where i can stick the Ms and Mr in my presentation letter....keep my fingers crossed and hopefully i'll find a decent job to land to sometime in september..... |
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whynotme
Joined: 07 Nov 2004
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Location: istanbul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| odguedeni wrote: |
| the same embarrassing question continues for the following names: Oya, Arzu, Sedat, Nilay, FIrat and Serpil. thank you to whever could decypher their gender for me! |
Esat and Fırat are male names
Oya, Arzu and Nilay are female
Serpil is a unisex name but rarely male. |
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justme
Joined: 18 May 2004
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I've only seen Deniz as a female name, but I've heard it's unisex.
Same for Derya. |
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jamessmart50
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| serpil - female |
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whynotme
Joined: 07 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| jamessmart50 wrote: |
| serpil - female |
Rarely male as i said before. I met a doctor called Serpil and there is a famous football trainer called Serpil Hamdi Tuzun
Deniz,Derya,Omur,Gokce,Gokcen,Meric,Barıs,Devrim,Kıvılcım,Safak are common unisex names
Hikmet,Servet,Suat,,Olcay,Tuna,Ufuk,Ender,Engin,Umut,Ruchan,Ozgur,Cihan are usually used as male and rarely female
Dilek,Kamuran,Gorkem,Nihal,Serpil,Bilge,Tansu,Ozen,Derin are usually female but rarely male. |
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justme
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| Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:30 am Post subject: |
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Interesting!  |
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yaramaz
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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| I had a male student named Gorkem last term. The first I'd ever met. |
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dmb
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| My favourite student name of all time still has to Ufuk Kunt |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:12 am Post subject: |
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Then there used to be a hairdresser's in Bakirkoy called 'Kunt Kuafor'.
I almost died laughing when I first saw it. |
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justme
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| Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:13 am Post subject: |
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I love the funny surnames (though none of these beat dmb's student's...)
Some of my favorites are: Alfıstık, Elib�y�k, Kahvaltı, G�naydın, ��p��, G�zelel... How on Earth does one end up with Alfıstık or Kahvaltı as surname? |
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