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göz dikmek

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوز دیكمك (göz dikmek, to fix the eyes on, to long to possess a thing),[1][2] equivalent to compound of göz (eye) +‎ dikmek (to erect, to place in upright position).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɟœz.dic.mec/
  • Hyphenation: göz‧dik‧mek

Verb

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göz dikmek (third-person singular simple present göz diker)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, with dative) To have the desire to possess something, to set one's heart on or one's eye on something, chiefly with negative connotations; to covet.
    Synonym: göz koymak
    Vatanımıza göz dikenler dün olduğu gibi bugün de kaybetmeye mahkûmdur.Those who set their eyes on our homeland are doomed to lose today just as yesterday.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “گوز دیكمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1590
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “گوز دیكمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1052

Further reading

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