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göz atmak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوز آتمق (göz atmaḳ, to cast one's eye on any thing, to conceive a desire for),[1] equivalent to compound of göz (eye) +‎ atmak (to throw), literally to throw (one's) eye.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɟœz.at.mak/
  • Hyphenation: göz‧at‧mak

Verb

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göz atmak (third-person singular simple present göz atar)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic, with dative) To take a look at shortly, to glance over, to take a gander.
    Kitaba şöyle bir göz attım, pek bana göre değil.I took a glance at the book, it's not quite for me.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “گوز آتمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1780

Further reading

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