etmək

See also: etmek

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic етмәк
Abjad ائتمک

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēt-.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐱅 (et-, to make), Turkish etmek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [etˈmæk], [etˈmæj]
  • Hyphenation: et‧mək
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Verb

etmək (transitive)

  1. to do, to make

Usage notes

etmək is often used to make verbs from nouns and adjectives. The resulting compound verb is conjugated as shown below with the invariant prefix. In such compounds, it is used interchangeably with eləmək, although etmək is preferred in formal speech and texts, whereas eləmək is preferred in most other settings, such as colloquial speech as well as in less formal texts.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Azerbaijani compound verbs with etmək

See also

References

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