tutmak

Meaning

1. (transitive) to hold; to take hold of; to grip; to grab
2. (transitive) to catch, hunt
3. (transitive) to rent, hire, take on, employ
4. (transitive) to hold back; to restrain
5. (transitive) to look after, watch over
6. (transitive) to take up, cover, envelop, fill
7. (transitive) to back, support, approve of, like
8. (transitive) to keep (one's promise, one's word)
9. (transitive) to accord with, be consistent with, jibe with, agree with
10. (transitive) to do, make sth. (in a certain way)
11. (intransitive) (for someone's curse) to be realized, come true, come to pass
12. (intransitive) (for something) to total, come to a total of, come to, amount to, add up to
13. (intransitive) (for an amount of time) to pass
14. (intransitive) to stick, adhere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tutmɑk/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طوتمق (tutmak, “to hold, keep, catch, take, seize, capture, imprison, preserve, retain, occupy, fill, hire, esteem, account, advice, govern”), from Proto-Turkic *tut- (“to grasp”).
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐱃 (tut-, “to keep, catch, own”), Azerbaijani tutmaq (“to catch, keep”), Bashkir тотоу (totow, “to keep, hold”), Chuvash тытма (tytma, “to keep, hold”), Khakas & Shor тударға (tudarğa, “to keep, hold, catch, seize, rule, hold back”), Kyrgyz тутуу (tutuu, “to catch”), Turkmen tutmak (“to hold, keep, catch, hire, fill”), Tuvan тудар (tudar, “to hold, catch, grab”), Uzbek tutmoq (“to take, hold, catch”), Yakut тут (tut, “to hold, seize, grab, catch”).