Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلداتمق (aldatmak), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *āl (device, trick, deceit; to deceive). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (aldā-).[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

aldatmak (third-person singular simple present aldatır)

  1. to betray [+accusative]
  2. to cheat on [+accusative]
    Kocamı aldattım.
    I cheated on my husband.
  3. to dupe [+accusative]

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aldatmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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