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tanıştırmak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Equvialent to tanış- (to meet) +‎ -tır +‎ -mak

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɑnɯʃtɯɾˈmɑk/, [t̪ʰɑ.n̪ɯʃ.t̪ʰɯɾ̞ˈmɑk]
  • Rhymes: -ɑk
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nış‧tır‧mak

Verb

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tanıştırmak

  1. (transitive) to introduce (someone) [with accusative]
    Synonym: tanıtmak
    Seni arkadaşımla tanıştırayım.
    Let me introduce you to my friend.
  2. (transitive) to make someone meet someone else [with accusative]
    O ikisini o gün tanıştırdım.
    I made those two meet each other that day.

Usage notes

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  • When used in the sense of introducing someone to someone else, the indirect object receives the postposition ile instead of the expected dative case, though sometimes the dative case can be used as well.

Conjugation

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References

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