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okumak

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  1. (transitive) to read
  2. (transitive) to study, peruse
  3. (transitive) to sing; to chant, recite
  4. (transitive) to announce
  5. (transitive) to decipher
  6. (intransitive) to study, attend school

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/okuˈmak/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish
اوقومق
Cognate with Old Turkish
Cognate with Azerbaijani
oxumaq
Cognate with Bashkir
уҡыу
Cognate with Kazakh
оқу
Cognate with Kyrgyz
окуу
Cognate with Turkmen
okamak
Cognate with Uzbek
oʻqimoq
Cognate with Yakut
угуй
In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوقومق (okumak, “to read, decipher, study, learn, recite, chant, sing”), from Proto-Turkic *okï- (“to call, read, recite”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (okı-, “to read, call”), Azerbaijani oxumaq (“to read, sing”), Bashkir уҡыу (uqıw, “to read”), Kazakh оқу (oqu, “to read, recite”), Kyrgyz окуу (okuu, “to read, study”), Turkmen okamak (“to read, study”), Uzbek oʻqimoq (“to learn, study, read”), Yakut угуй (uguy, “to call”).

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