bakan

Meaning

minister

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baˈkan/

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

New

bakmak

(intransitive,with-dative) to look (at), gaze
(intransitive) to look for
(intransitive,with-dative) to face, view, watch, have a sight of
(intransitive,with-dative) to examine, investigate, pay attention to, have a look
(intransitive,with-dative) to take care of, look after
(intransitive,with-dative) to maintain
(intransitive,with-dative) to attend to, tend to, see to, mind
(intransitive,with-dative) to look to, depend upon
(intransitive,with-dative) to answer, feed