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benzemek

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See also: bənzəmək

Turkish

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Etymology

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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

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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.
      س (Sin) had three teeth, and ش (şın) looked like it. ص (Sad) had elephant's ears, and ض (dad) looked like it.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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