beğenmek
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish بگنمك, from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ken- (“to feel joy, appreciate”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbeğenmek (third-person singular simple present beğenir)
- (transitive) to like, to appreciate
- Filmi beğendiniz mi? ― Did you like the film?
- (transitive) to choose or prefer one out of a bunch
- Şu ayakkabıyı beğendim. ― I liked that shoe the most.
- (transitive) to approve
- Okulu bırakma fikrimi beğenmedi. ― He didn't approve of my idea of dropping out.
Usage notes
edit- beğenmek doesn't carry any romantic meaning
- seni beğendim
- I like you (platonically).
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “beğenmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
References
edit- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bẹ̄ken-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill