| Category | English | Turkish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Common Usage | adj. | selfish | bencil | > |
| 2 | General | adj. | selfish | çıkarcı | > |
| 3 | General | adj. | selfish | egoist | > |
| 4 | General | adj. | selfish | hodbin | > |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | selfish | hodgam | > |
| Category | English | Turkish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General | v. | bacome selfish | bencilleşmek | > |
| 2 | General | v. | be selfish | bencillik etmek | > |
| 3 | General | v. | be selfish | bencil olmak | > |
| 4 | General | v. | be selfish | bencilleşmek | > |
| 5 | General | v. | get selfish | bencilleşmek | > |
| 6 | General | n. | selfish person | bencil | > |
| 7 | Colloquial | selfish choices | bencilce seçimler | > | |
| 8 | Colloquial | sometimes we may be selfish | bazen bencil olabiliriz | > | |
| 9 | Speaking | it's natural to be selfish sometimes | bazen bencil olmamız normaldir/doğaldır | > | |
| 10 | Speaking | it's normal to be selfish sometimes | bazen bencil olmamız normaldir/doğaldır | > | |
| 11 | Speaking | it's ok to be selfish sometimes | bazen bencil olabiliriz | > | |
| 12 | Speaking | it's ok to be selfish sometimes | bazen bencil olmamız normaldir/doğaldır | > | |
| 13 | Speaking | you shouldn’t be so selfish | çok bencil olmamalısın | > |