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bakmak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باقمق (bakmak, to look), from Proto-Turkic *bạk- (to look, watch). Cognate to Azerbaijani baxmaq (to look) and Karakhanid بَقْماقْ (baqmāq).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bak.mak/
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Verb

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bakmak (third-person singular simple present bakar)

  1. (intransitive, with dative) to look (at), gaze
    Eve bakıyorum.
    I'm looking at the house.
  2. (intransitive) to look for
    Ev bakıyorum.
    I'm looking for a house.
  3. (intransitive, with dative) to face, view, watch, have a sight of
  4. (intransitive, with dative) to examine, investigate, pay attention to, have a look
  5. (intransitive, with dative) to take care of, look after
  6. (intransitive, technology, with dative) to maintain
  7. (intransitive, with dative) to attend to, tend to, see to, mind
  8. (intransitive, with dative) to look to, depend upon
  9. (intransitive, with dative) to answer, feed

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Turkmen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bạk- (to look, watch).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɑkˈmɑk/
  • Rhymes: -ɑk
  • Hyphenation: bak‧mak

Verb

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bakmak

  1. to watch, look, graze
  2. to graze, fatten up, tend

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