kavuşmak
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editkavuşmak (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
editWhat in English would be the direct object of the sense to meet takes the dative case in Turkish.
Derived terms
editReferences
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
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