sakınmak

Turkish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

• sakın

Related terms

• saklamak

References

• 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