sevk etmek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سوق ایتمك (sevḳ etmek, to drive, to send, to incite),[1] from Arabic سَوْق (sawq, driving, mobilization), verbal noun of سَاقَ (sāqa, to drive, to conscript, to pilot),[2] equivalent to sevk + etmek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseβc.et.mec./
  • Hyphenation: sevk‧et‧mek

Verb

sevk etmek (third-person singular simple present sevk eder)

  1. (transitive) To send, to dispatch.
    Synonyms: göndermek, transfer etmek
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To compel to move, to push, to propel.

Conjugation

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سوق ایتمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1093
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sevk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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