gıpta etmek

Meaning

To wish to have the good qualities or things someone else has without envy; to admire, to look up to someone.

Concepts

envy

covet

emulate

Synonyms

imrenmek

kıskanmak

gözü kalmak

Translations

beneiden

envier

envidiar

désirer

begehren

φθονώ

cobejar

neidisch sein

ζηλεύω

convoiter

guigner

porter envie

invidiare

ambire

envejar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɯpˈta.et.mec/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غبطه ایتمك (gıbta etmek). Compound of gıpta (“admiration, desire without envy”) + etmek (“to do, to make”).