götürmek

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to carry, convey, transport, accompany
  2. (transitive) to take away, remove, carry away, carry off, take out
  3. (transitive) to lead to a result or an end
  4. (transitive) (arithmetic) to cancel out
  5. (transitive) to wolf down

Frequency

B2
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوتورمك (götürmek, “to carry, take away”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *köt- (“to rise, to raise; high, elevated”). Cognate with Azerbaijani götürmək (“to take, pick up”), Kazakh көтеру (köteru, “to lift, raise”), Kyrgyz көтөрүү (kötörüü, “to rise”), Turkmen götermek (“to lift, pick up”), Tuvan көдүрер (ködürer, “to pick, rise”) Uyghur كۆتەرمەك (kötermek, “to pick, raise”), Uzbek ko'tarmoq (“to raise, heighten”), and Yakut көт (köt, “to fly”). Related to göt (“ass, buttocks”). Compare kaldırmak for a similar semantic change.

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