bakmak

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bak.mak/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باقمق (bakmak, “to look”), from Proto-Turkic *bạk- (“to look, watch”). Cognate to Azerbaijani baxmaq (“to look”) and Karakhanid بَقْماقْ (baqmāq).

Sentences

Fakat ben artık kendimi kurtarmaya çalışıyor ve bize yaklaşan kadına bakmak istiyordum.

But now I was trying to save myself and I wanted to look at the woman approaching us.