menetmek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish منع ایتمك (menʿ itmek, etmek, to prevent, to forbid),[1] equivalent to compound of men (an act of forbidding, preventing) + etmek (to do, to make).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmen.et.mec/
  • Hyphenation: men‧et‧mek

Verb

menetmek (third-person singular simple present meneder)

  1. (transitive, with dative or ablative) To forbid from, to prohibit, to disallow.
    Synonyms: yasaklamak, yasak etmek
    Mahkeme zanlıyı ülke dışına çıkmaktan menetti.The court forbade the suspect from leaving the country.
    Mahkeme zanlıya ülke dışına çıkmayı menetti.The court forbade the suspect from leaving the country.
  2. (transitive, with dative or ablative) To prevent from, to hinder.

Conjugation

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منع ایتمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2006
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “men”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • menetmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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