"Ben bekar değilim."

Translation: I am not single.

[theodhoraqis]

As a native Albanian speaker, I'm really enjoying learning Turkish. I knew we shared many words, but I think that's especially true in this section about personal relationships.

For example, we also say "beqar" to mean single, "teze" or "hallë" for aunt and "dajë" for uncle (the j has a y sound). We even add "im" or "ime" at the end to signify "my."

Looking forward to the rest of this course and discovering many more common threads!

[jawadizjawad]

Bekar means worthless or unemployed in Urdu.

[sevdigim.dil.TUR]

does ''bekar'' mean virgin as in Arabic

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Nope, that is "bakir" and "bakire." :)

[Sayel.Abbadi]

I think that " bekar " is a loaned Arabic word " بكر " which means single.
Bekar = single, while bakir/bakire = virgin.

[TurkishOrVanish]

An Arabian here beker means women's genitalia in Arabic, I'm sorry though

[ParvinMirz3]

Why is unmarried wrong

[AGreatUserName]

Is this "single" as in "not married", like German "ledig" or as in "not in a relationship"?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Both, just like in English.