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güdmək

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *gǖd- (to wait; attend; respect; to graze).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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güdmək (transitive)

  1. to graze (to tend cattle while grazing)
    Synonym: otarmaq
  2. to surveil (to keep someone or something under surveillance)
  3. to pursue (to aim for, go after a specified objective, often a malevolent such)
    Synonym: təqib etmək
    öz xeyrini güdməkto pursue for one's own benefit, to strive for gains for oneself
    Onlar öz məqsədlərini güdürlər.
    They are pursuing their own goals.
  4. to graze (to tend cattle while grazing)
  5. to protect, to guard
    Synonym: qorumaq

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gǖd-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill