tilli
/tilli/
1. -speaking; -tongued; able to speak — Usually combines with a preceding noun naming a language, as in türk tilli halqla "Turkic-speaking peoples".
- Türk tilli halqla — Turkic-speaking peoples
- başha tilli halq — a people speaking another language
- başha tilli sözle — words from another language
- meni anam Orus tillidi — my mother is Russian-speaking
- açı tilli, masharaçı qız — a sharp-tongued, mocking girl
- eki tilli adam — a two-faced (lit. two-tongued) person
- Zuriyat uzun tilli qatındı — Zuriyat is a gossipy (lit. long-tongued) woman
2. person, someone; soul — Usually in negative sentences, meaning not a single person: oramda bir tilli joqdu "there is not a soul in the street".
- oramda bir tilli joqdu — there is not a soul on the street
- üyde bir tilli joq edi — there was not a soul at home
- bir tilli da kelmegendi — not a soul has come
- tilli da qalmasın — let not a soul remain
Expressions
- ariw tilli — sweet-tongued
- bir tilli bolurğa — be of one mind
- bir tilli joqdu — not a soul
- tatlı tilli — sweet-spoken