Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مشغول اولمق (meşgul olmaḳ, to be busy or occupied),[1][2] from مشغول (meşgul), equivalent to compound of meşgul (busy, occupied) +‎ olmak (to be, to become).[3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /meʃˈɡul.oɫ.mak/
  • Hyphenation: meş‧gul‧ol‧mak

Verb edit

meşgul olmak (third-person singular simple present meşgul olur)

  1. (intransitive) To be busy with something, to busy oneself with something, to spend time on something.
    Synonym: uğraşmak

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مشغول اولمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1869
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مشغول اولمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1174
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “meşgul”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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