bilmiyor

Bilmiyor is a Turkish verb form meaning “does not know.” It is the third-person singular present negative form of bilmek (to know). The stem bil- combines with the negative element and the present tense suffix to yield bilmiyor, which literally translates to “he/she/it does not know.” In Turkish, the subject is often omitted when clear from context, so a stand-alone bilmiyor can mean “he doesn’t know.”

This form is used across spoken and written Turkish to indicate ignorance about a fact, a person, a place, or how to do something. For example, O bilmiyor means “He/She doesn’t know,” and Biliyor mu? asks “Does he know?” while Bilmiyor mu? asks “Doesn’t he know?” Turkish verbs are highly agglutinative, and bilmiyor illustrates how negation and present-tense meaning are built up with affixes around the verb stem bil-.

Bilmiyor contrasts with biliyor (knows) and with related forms in other tenses, such as bilmek in the past tense bilmişti (knew) or future bilecek/bilecekmiş (will know). It also participates in broader grammatical structures, including subordinate clauses like O bilmiyor ki… (“He doesn’t know that…”). The word is a common part of everyday Turkish and serves as a basic predicate in many statements about knowledge or awareness.