Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish صاقنمق (sakınmak), a derivation of Proto-Turkic *sạk (aware, alert).

Verb edit

sakınmak (third-person singular simple present sakınır)

  1. (with ablative) to beware of, to watch out for
  2. to be cautious
  3. to take precautions

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References edit

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صاقنمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 750
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN