geçmek

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to pass, pass through, pass over, cross
  2. (intransitive, with-ablative) to pass by, go by, pass through
  3. to pass, elapse, to be spent in
  4. (intransitive, with-dative) to penetrate, affect, pass on to, pass over to
  5. (intransitive, with-dative) to go somewhere to continue an activity
  6. (transitive) to surpass, exceed, outdo, outstrip, outrun
  7. to be current, be in use, be valid, be in effect
  8. to be in demand, sell, be popular, be in vogue
  9. (intransitive) to get rotten, dry up, spoil
  10. (transitive) to go over, revise
  11. (auxiliary) Forms some compound verbs from adjectives and nouns

Synonyms

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɟet͡ʃˈmec]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گچمك (geçmek, “to pass”), from Old Anatolian Turkish كچمك (gäčmäk), from Proto-Turkic *keč- (“to pass, wade”). Cognates Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰲 (keč-, “to pass”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (keč-, “to pass, cross”) Karakhanid [script needed] (kečmēk, “to pass, cross, elapse”), Azerbaijani keçmək (“to pass, cross”), Bashkir кисеү (kisew, “to pass, live through”), Chagatai [script needed] (kéçmek, “to pass away”), Chuvash каҫма (kaśma, “to move, proceed, cross”), Kyrgyz кечүү (kecüü, “to ford, wade”), Southern Altai кечер (kečer, “to pass, cross”), Tatar кичү (kiçü, “to let pass”), Turkmen geçmek (“to expire, pass, exceed”), Tuvan кежер (kejer, “to move, cross, pass over”), Uyghur كەچمەك (kechmek, “to wade through, experience, go through”), Uzbek kechmoq (“to cross”), Yakut кэс (kes, “to wade through, ford across”).

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