kılmak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish قیلمق (kılmak, to do, perform), from Proto-Turkic *kïl- (to do, make).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰃𐰞 (qïl-, to create).

Verb

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kılmak (third-person singular simple present kılar)

  1. (transitive, auxiliary) to make, create
    Tanrı insanoğlunu acımasız kılmış.God created humankind as cruel beings.
    Buraya gelmeye karar kıldı.He made a decision to come here.
  2. (by extension) to perform
    O camide Tanrı'ya namaz kıldı.S/he prayed (lit.: performed (a) prayer) to God.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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