bakan

Noun

minister

Verb

impersonal participle of bakmak

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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Pronounced as (IPA)

/baˈkan/

Etymology

Calque of Arabic ناظِر (nāẓir), coined during the language reform. By surface analysis, bak- + -an. Displaced nazır, also from the same etymon.

Concepts

minister

secretary

secretary of state

Synonyms

vekil

vezir

nazır

Translations

ministre

Minister

minister

ministro

ministro

minister

ministre

wezîr

şalyar

υπουργός

bewindsman

secrétaire d’État

górnik

ministro

وزير

Sentences

Kabinede on dokuz bakan bulunuyor.

There are nineteen ministers in the cabinet.