Use bayat for food or drink that is no longer fresh and, figuratively, a stale joke.

The idea

Bayat ekmek is stale bread; bayat şaka is a tired or overused joke. Context determines whether the sense is literal or figurative.

Examples

  • Bu ekmek bayat.This bread is stale.
  • Bayat bir simit aldım.I bought a stale simit.
  • Bu çay taze değil, bayat.This tea is not fresh; it is stale.
  • Bayat ekmekler masada.The stale loaves are on the table.
  • Bu şaka artık bayat.This joke is stale now.
  • Taze çay var, bayat çay yok.There is fresh tea, not stale tea.

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Watch out

Stale bread and spoiled food are not identical concepts. Bayat describes lost freshness, not a specific cause.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Ekmek taze değil; ___. (bayat / taze)

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    bayat

    Bayat describes the bread as stale, not fresh.

  2. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Herkes aynı eski şakayı çok kez duyuyor: şaka ___. (bayat / taze)

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    bayat

    Bayat fits an overused joke in the figurative sense.

  3. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bu çay bayat ___; taze. (değil / mi)

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    değil

    Değil negates bayat: the tea is fresh.

Use it today

Describe stale bread and an overused joke.