çekmek
- (transitive) to pull
- (transitive) to draw, haul, drag, tug
- (transitive) to attract, draw
- (transitive) to suck in, pull in, draw in
- (transitive) to suck, absorb
- (transitive) to bear, endure, put up with, suffer, brook, undergo
- (transitive, with-ablative) to withdraw
- (transitive) to inflect, conjugate
- (transitive) to take (a photograph), to shoot (a film, a video)
- (intransitive) to last, take time
- (intransitive) to weigh, have a weight of
- (intransitive) to shrink
- (intransitive) to take after, resemble
- (intransitive) to have reception
- (transitive) to grind into powder
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃekˈmek/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چكمك (çekmek, “to pull, drag, draw, attract, imbibe, absorb, weigh, bear, suffer”), from Proto-Turkic *ček-. Cognates Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (çekmēk, “to draw”), Azerbaijani çəkmək (“to smoke”), Chagatai [script needed] (çekmek, “to pull”), Kipchak [script needed] (çek-, “to pull”), Kyrgyz чегүү (cegüü, “to pull, undergo”), Turkmen çekmek (“to pull, draw”), Uyghur چەكمەك (chekmek, “to undergo”), Uzbek chekmoq (“to pull”).
Related words
aklını başından almak
aklını çelmek
cimdiklemek
hipnotize etmek
ciltlemek
hasta olmak
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