демек

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیمك (demek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈmɛk]

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Adverb

деме́к • (demék)

1. (colloquial) that is

   Synonyms: тоест (toest), сиреч (sireč), значи (znači)

References

• “демек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	دەمەك
Cyrillic	демек
Latin	demek

Etymology

From Kazakh деу (deu). Cognate with Turkish demek.

Adverb

демек • (demek)

1. so, that is to say

   Демек жүру керек қой

   Demek jüru kerek qoi

   So it's time to go.

Kumyk

Verb

демек • (demek)

1. to say

   Synonyms: айтмакъ (aytmaq), сёйлемек (söylemek)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɛk]

Adverb

демек • (demek) (not comparable)

1. that is to say, meaning
2. allegedly, supposedly, as if