gizləmək

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ҝизләмәк
Abjad		گیزله‌مک

Alternative forms

• gizlətmək

Etymology

From Common Turkic *gīz (“a kind of box; to hide; mystery”) +‎ -lə, whence also Azerbaijani gizli (“hidden”). The original meaning must have meant “to put in a box or bag, to store”.. Cognate with Karakhanid کِزْ (kiz, “a sort of box”), Turkish gizlemek and Turkmen gīzlemek (“to hide”), Turkish giz (“secret”), Dolgan and Yakut кистээ (kistee, “to hide”). Also cognate wth Crimean Tatar gizlemek, which is possibly from Ottoman Turkish كیزلمك (“gizlemek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡizlæˈmæk], [ɡizdæˈmæk]
• Hyphenation: giz‧lə‧mək

Verb

gizləmək

1. (transitive) to hide

Derived terms

• gizlənmək (“to hide, intr.”)