This is the 8992nd most frequent Turkish word.
tarih
"History" or "date."
In this sentence, 'tarih' means 'date', referring to the specific calendar day.
Bugünün tarihi nedir?
What is today's date?
Here, 'tarih' means 'history', referring to the academic subject.
Tarih dersinde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nu öğreniyoruz.
In history class, we are learning about the Ottoman Empire.
In this sentence, 'tarih' implies 'history' in the historical time sense or age of an object.