bakan

Meaning

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/baˈkan/
Etymology

Imperfect participle of bakmak (to look, oversee). Introduced during the language reform, displaced nazır, from Arabic ناظِر (nāẓir), of which it is a calque.

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bakmak

  1. (intransitive,with-dative) to look (at), gaze
  2. (intransitive) to look for
  3. (intransitive,with-dative) to face, view, watch, have a sight of
  4. (intransitive,with-dative) to examine, investigate, pay attention to, have a look
  5. (intransitive,with-dative) to take care of, look after
  6. (intransitive,with-dative) to maintain
  7. (intransitive,with-dative) to attend to, tend to, see to, mind
  8. (intransitive,with-dative) to look to, depend upon
  9. (intransitive,with-dative) to answer, feed

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