Turkish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  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