sormak

Meaning

1. (transitive) to ask, to ask about, to inquire
2. (transitive) to look for, want to see someone, to ask about someone

Hyphenated as

sor‧mak

Pronounced as (IPA)

[soɾˈmak]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صورمق (sormak). Cognate of Azerbaijani sormaq, Turkmen soramak (“to ask, query”), Uzbek soʻramoq (“to ask, request”), Kazakh сұрау (sūrau, “to ask, inquire”), Tuvan сураар (suraar, “to seek, look for”) etc. Also a cognate of Mongolian сурах (surax, “to learn, study, ask”), a Turkic borrowing.

Sentences

Müdürü görerek bu yeni emrin sebebini sormak istiyordu.

He wanted to see the manager and ask the reason for this new order.

" Beni nereden tanıyorsunuz?" diye sormak için dudaklarımı kımıldattım.

I moved my lips to ask, “How do you know me?”