Significado
Feeling deep sadness or grief.
Contexto cultural
The phrase is a staple of 'Arabesk' culture, a genre of music and lifestyle that emphasizes suffering, fate, and deep emotional pain. In rural areas, 'yüreği yanık' is an adjective used for people who have suffered many tragedies, often reflected in their singing style. News anchors often use 'Yürekleri dağladı' (a variation meaning 'to brand the heart with fire') for extremely tragic stories. In Sufi tradition, the 'burning heart' is a positive sign of divine love and longing for God, though the idiom today is mostly used for grief.
Use for Empathy
It's a great way to show you care about someone's problems without just saying 'I'm sorry.'
Don't Overuse
If you use it for everything, it loses its power. Save it for the big stuff.
Significado
Feeling deep sadness or grief.
Use for Empathy
It's a great way to show you care about someone's problems without just saying 'I'm sorry.'
Don't Overuse
If you use it for everything, it loses its power. Save it for the big stuff.
Possessive Suffixes
Always check your possessive suffixes. 'Yüreği yanıyor' (His heart) vs 'Yüreğim yanıyor' (My heart).
Arabesk Connection
If you want to hear this phrase in action, listen to Müslüm Gürses or Sezen Aksu songs.
Ponte a prueba
Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'yüreği yanmak'.
O zavallı hayvanları o halde görünce ________.
Since the speaker is describing their own feeling ('görünce' implies 'I saw'), the first person possessive 'yüreğim' is required.
Which situation is MOST appropriate for using 'yüreği yanmak'?
Aşağıdaki durumlardan hangisinde bu deyim kullanılır?
The idiom is reserved for deep grief, such as the death of a loved one.
Match the person with the correct form of the idiom.
Eşleştirme yapın:
The possessive suffixes must match the pronouns.
Complete the dialogue.
A: Deprem bölgesindeki çocukları gördün mü? B: Evet, ________.
'Yüreğim yanıyor' expresses the appropriate empathy for a disaster.
🎉 Puntuación: /4
Ayudas visuales
Yürek vs. Mide
Banco de ejercicios
4 ejerciciosO zavallı hayvanları o halde görünce ________.
Since the speaker is describing their own feeling ('görünce' implies 'I saw'), the first person possessive 'yüreğim' is required.
Aşağıdaki durumlardan hangisinde bu deyim kullanılır?
The idiom is reserved for deep grief, such as the death of a loved one.
Empareja cada elemento de la izquierda con su par de la derecha:
The possessive suffixes must match the pronouns.
A: Deprem bölgesindeki çocukları gördün mü? B: Evet, ________.
'Yüreğim yanıyor' expresses the appropriate empathy for a disaster.
🎉 Puntuación: /4
Preguntas frecuentes
10 preguntasYes, if the breakup is particularly devastating and feels like a deep loss.
It's neutral. You can use it with friends, but you'll also hear it on the news.
'İçi yanmak' is slightly more informal and can also mean being very thirsty.
It's grammatically correct but sounds less natural than 'yüreğim yanıyor' for this specific idiom.
You can say 'Yüreğimi yaktın' (You burned my heart) or 'Kalbimi kırdın' (You broke my heart).
Rarely, unless discussing a major humanitarian crisis or a tragedy affecting the company.
No, it is almost exclusively used for sadness, grief, or pity.
No, use 'canım yanıyor' for physical pain.
There isn't a direct idiomatic opposite, but 'yüreği ferahlamak' (to feel relief) is close.
Yes, it is extremely common in daily life and media.
Frases relacionadas
içi yanmak
synonymTo feel deep pity or sorrow; also to be very thirsty.
yüreği sızlamak
similarTo feel a sting of pity.
canı yanmak
similarTo be in pain (physical or emotional).
yüreği ağzına gelmek
contrastTo be extremely frightened (heart in mouth).
yüreği ferahlamak
contrastTo feel relieved/refreshed.
