kavuşmak
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish قاوشمق (kavuşmak), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (qavušmaq), from *qabuš-, from Proto-Turkic *kab-. Cognate with Kazakh қауысу (qauysu), Azerbaijani qovuşmaq, etc.
Verb edit
kavuşmak (third-person singular simple present kavuşur)
- to meet, to reach, to achieve
- Biz tüm hedeflerimize kavuştuk. ― We have achieved all our goals.
- to unite (with), to be reunited (with)
- Kayıp çocuğuna dört yıl sonra kavuşacak. ― After four years she will be reunited with her missing child.
Usage notes edit
What in English would be the direct object of the sense to meet takes the dative case in Turkish.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kavuş-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاوشمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1426