beklemek
- (transitive) To wait for, to await.
- (transitive) To expect, to anticipate
- (transitive) To watch over something or someone; to guard, to keep an eye on.
- (transitive) To tarry, to hang about.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bec.leˈmec/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بكلمك, بكلهمك (beklemek), from Proto-Common Turkic *bekle- (“to fortify, to protect”), from *bek (“firm, solid, stable”), equivalent to pek + -le. Cognate with Azerbaijani bəkləmək.
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