gizlemek
Meaning
- (transitive) to hide, conceal, secrete; to put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
- (transitive) to keep something secret, obscure, hide, conceal; to dissemble
- (transitive) to camouflage
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In summary
From Ottoman Turkish كیزلمك (gizlemek, “to hide, conceal, secrete”), derived from Proto-Turkic *kīŕ (“a kind of box”). The original meaning must have meant “to put in a box or bag, to store”. Compare also gizli (“hidden, concealed”), derived from the same root. Cognates Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (kizlēmēk, “to hide, conceal”), [script needed] (kiz, “wardrobe, clothes bag, any kind of cupboard”), Azerbaijani gizləmək (“to hide, conceal”), Chagatai [script needed] (kizlemek, “to hide”), Kipchak [Arabic needed] (kizle-, “to hide”), Turkmen gīzlemek (“to be concealed, put away”), Yakut кистээ (kistee, “to hide, conceal”).
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