söylemek

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Meaning

  1. (transitive) to say, to tell
  2. (transitive) to mention
  3. (transitive) to sing
  4. (transitive) to tell a lie

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/søj.leˈmec/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سویلهمك, سویلمك (söylemek), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (söylemek, “to speak”), attested at 1317. Further etymology unclear, often regarded as corruption of Common Turkic *sözle- < *söz. However this might be folk etymology. See söz and sözle-.

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