See also: etmek

Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic етмәк
Abjad ائتمک

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ēt-.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐱅 (et-, to make), Turkish etmek.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [etˈmæk], [etˈmæj]
  • Hyphenation: et‧mək
  • Audio (Baku):(file)

Verb

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etmək (transitive)

  1. to do, to make

Usage notes

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etmək is often used to make verbs from nouns and adjectives. The resulting compound verb is conjugated as shown below with the invariant prefix. In such compounds, it is used interchangeably with eləmək, although etmək is preferred in formal speech and texts, whereas eləmək is preferred in most other settings, such as colloquial speech as well as in less formal texts.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Category Azerbaijani compound verbs formed with etmək not found

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ēt-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill