benzemek

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish بڭزه‌مك (beñzemek). Akin to Old Turkic [script needed] (meŋze-, to look alike), derived from Old Turkic [script needed] (beŋiz) / [script needed] (meŋiz, face, appearance),[1] from Proto-Turkic *beŋiŕ (face; to be similar; open forestless place on a mountain slope). See more at beniz (face). Compare Azerbaijani bənzəmək (to look like), Turkmen meňzemek (to resemble).

Verb[edit]

benzemek (third-person singular simple present benzer)

  1. (intransitive, with dative) to resemble; to look alike, seem like
    • 2013, Cemal Şakar, Sessiz Harfler, Okur Kitaplığı, →ISBN, page 166:
      Sin üç dişliydi, şın da ona benzerdi. Sad deve kulaklıydı, dad da ona benzerdi.
      Sin had three teeth, and şın looked like it. Sad had elephant's ears, and dad looked like it.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “benze-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük