benzemek

Meaning

to resemble; to look alike, seem like

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بڭزهمك (beñzemek). Akin to Old Turkic [script needed] (meŋze-, “to look alike”), derived from Old Turkic [script needed] (beŋiz) / [script needed] (meŋiz, “face, appearance”), from Proto-Turkic *beŋiŕ (“face; to be similar; open forestless place on a mountain slope”). See more at beniz (“face”). Compare Azerbaijani bənzəmək (“to look like”), Turkmen meňzemek (“to resemble”).

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  kılıca   benzemek  isteyen değneklerle.

With sticks that want to look like a sword.

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