beklemek

  1. (transitive) To wait for, to await.
  2. (transitive) To expect, to anticipate
  3. (transitive) To watch over something or someone; to guard, to keep an eye on.
  4. (transitive) To tarry, to hang about.

Frequency

B2
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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