Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
meerkat
Turkish translation:
meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
English term
Meerkats
| 4 +2 | meerkat AND MAYBE mirket |
Özden Arıkan
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| 5 +2 | Çöl faresi |
murat Karahan
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| 4 +1 | meerkat |
Koral Özgül
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May 8, 2005 06:49: Özden Arıkan changed "Field" from "Other" to "Science"
PRO (2): Özden Arıkan, murat Karahan
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Proposed translations
Germany
I talk Turkey... and so will you!
Native in: Turkish 
Works in: English to Turkish, Turkish to English, German to Turkish, and 1 more.
meerkat AND MAYBE mirket
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:fmA8hm0zY0oJ:www.biltek...
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:9x4F7iSNMWAJ:www.biltek...
www.wdyd.com/ members.asp?mode=search&M_NAME=M&initial=1&method= - 61k
However, turkicized form of the word, as "mirket" is suggested in one link (which doesn't bear any scientific authority, though)
www.wdyd.com/ members.asp?mode=search&M_NAME=M&initial=1&method= - 61k
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Note added at 40 mins (2004-03-21 18:32:08 GMT)
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SORRY, the last link (where \"mirket\" is suggested) should change as below:
http://sozluk.sourtimes.org/show.asp?t=mirket
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Note added at 1 hr 16 mins (2004-03-21 19:08:04 GMT)
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Çöl faresi=B.neotomae (http://campus.fortunecity.com/mason/261/donem5/bruselloz/bru...
Meerkat=Suricata suricatta
(here is a cute picture of the animal: http://www.harunyahya.org/imani/munis_sanati/munissanati09.h...
So, although çöl faresi is not the correct taxonomical name, I think it would be your best choice with a reference to Timon of the Lion King, because yours is not a zoological question in the technical sense. (Reference to Timon is necessary as Murat says, because none of these animals are much known to the Turkish speaker.)
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Note added at 2 hrs 22 mins (2004-03-21 20:14:25 GMT)
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APOLOGIES
Taxonomical name of \"çöl faresi\" is Meriones crassus (http://www.geocities.com/mammalia_2000/Mercr.htm)
Türkiye
28 years in subtitling, dubbing transl.
Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, German to Turkish, Turkish to German, and 1 more.
Çöl faresi
Here's food for laughter, meerkat literaly means "sea cat" (meerkatze in German) but it is not a cat and doesn't even live close to the sea and is translated into Turkish as "mouse" though it is none :))
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Özden Arıkan
: :)))))))) yaw çok güldüm, anlaşıldı, ben bu aralar kudozdan falan uzak durmalıyım, sistem çökmüş galiba :))) adam sandler kim peki yahu???
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Anger management'da Jack Nicholson'la oynayan eleman. Aynı zamanda filmlerinin senaryolarını yazar.
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senin
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äà, êîíå÷íî, ó ìåíÿ êëàâèàòóğà íåìåöêàÿ áåç íàêëååê, âîò ÿ è ãàäàş òóò è âûäàş òàêèå âîò ñëîâà
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Koral Özgül
: Çöl faresi değil --- Anladım. Buranın formatı sınırlı ne yazık ki ama. Öneri kısmında o laf sabit.... Mongoose için benim küçüklüğümün Hayat Hayvanlar Ansiklopedisi'nde "mongo" kullanılmıştı.
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Türkiye
30 yrs translation, 27 yrs localization
Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, German to Turkish
meerkat
http://www.biltek.tubitak.gov.tr/cocuk/02/temmuz/memeliKart....
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Note added at 3 days 6 hrs 37 mins (2004-03-25 00:29:04 GMT)
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Çok fazla sayfa var meerkat üstüne Internet\'te. Ama şu çok derli toplu. Meraklısına tavsiye ederim:
http://www.meerkats.net/info.htm
Kelime Afrikaans kökenli imiş.
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Note added at 3 days 6 hrs 46 mins (2004-03-25 00:38:35 GMT)
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Tanya, I\'d suggest you to just send a picture of the animal to your friend. I think that would be much easier than trying to make up a Turkish common name (which doesn\'t exist yet) or to describe it. Meerkats and scenes from their life are often shown in TV documentaries. So, most people are familiar with their visual appearance.
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Özden Arıkan
: senin verdiğin 2. linkte daha şirin resimleri var :) yavrusunu bile ayakta emziriyor, hehhe
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Ayakçılığın sonu kıyakçılıktır... Gerçi bunların hayatı zaten karşılıklı kıyakçılık üstüne kurulu! :)
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