yetmek

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish یتمك (yetmek), from Proto-Turkic *yẹt- (to reach).[1][2]

Verb[edit]

yetmek (third-person singular simple present yeter)

  1. (intransitive) to suffice
  2. (intransitive) to do enough; to fulfill.
  3. (with dative) to reach

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yetmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*ǯi ( ~ *ǯi̯a)”

Further reading[edit]

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN