Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish سچمك (seçmek, to choose, sort, discern, distinguish, notice, elect), from Proto-Turkic *seč- (to choose, select).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (seç-, to choose, discern), Azerbaijani seçmək (to choose, distinguish), Turkmen seçmek (to choose).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [set͡ʃmec]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: seç‧mek

Verb

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seçmek (third-person singular simple present seçer)

  1. (transitive) to choose, select
    Henüz okulumu seçmedim.I haven’t chosen my school yet.
  2. (transitive) to pick out, sort
  3. (transitive) to elect
  4. (transitive) to perceive, distinguish, see, discern
  5. (transitive) to be choosy about, be particular about

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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