Tehlike

Tehlike is a Turkish noun meaning danger or hazard. It denotes a situation, condition, or source that has the potential to cause harm to people, property, or the environment. The term is widely used in everyday language as well as in safety, health, and regulatory contexts.

In usage, tehlike appears in both general and technical discourse. The basic form is tehlike (singular) with tehlikeler in the plural. Related adjective forms include tehlikeli, meaning dangerous. Common phrases describe various aspects of danger, such as tehlikeye düşmek (to fall into danger), tehlikeden korunmak (to protect oneself from danger), and tehlike kaynağı (hazard source). Other collocations include tehlike oluşturan durum (a hazardous situation) and tehlike işareti (warning sign).

Etymology is not definitively established; tehlike is regarded as a native Turkish word with long historical use, rather than a recent loanword. It forms part of a broader safety vocabulary that contrasts tehlike with risk (risk) and related concepts such as zarar (harm) and güvenlik (safety).

In safety and regulation, tehlike is a central term in hazard identification and risk management. Turkish regulatory language uses tehlike in phrases like tehlike analizi (hazard analysis), tehlikeye karşı önlemler (measures against danger), and tehlike sınıflandırması (hazard classification) to structure safety assessments and preventative actions.

See also: zarar, risk, güvenlik, tehlikeli.