etmek
Meaning
- to do; to make
- to equal, make
- (transitive, with-ablative) to leave somebody deprived of something
- (auxiliary) Forms active verbs from adjectives and nouns, especially Arabic verbal nouns.
Concepts
reach into
be effective
be efficacious
have effect
pass oneself off
be worth
Synonyms
Frequency
Hyphenated as
et‧mek
Pronounced as (IPA)
/etˈmec/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اتمك, ایتمك (etmek), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēt-. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐱅 (ét-, “to make”), Azerbaijani etmək, Bashkir итеү (itew), Crimean Tatar этмек (etmek), Karachay-Balkar этерге (eterge), Kazakh ету (etu), Khakas идерге (iderge), Kumyk этмек (etmek), Kyrgyz этүү (etüü), Nogai этуьв (étüv), Tatar итү (itü), Turkmen etmek, Uyghur ﺋﻪﺗﻤﻪﻙ, etc.
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Sentences
Sana teşekkür etmek istedim.
I wanted to thank you.
İzah etmek istedim...
I wanted to explain...
Aynı yıl eğitimine devam etmek için Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'ne gitti .
In the same year, he went to the United States to continue his education.
Ateş etmek için çobanın görülmesini bekliyordu.
He was waiting for the shepherd to be seen to shoot.