kurmak
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish قورمق (kurmak), from Proto-Turkic *kur- (“to erect (a building), to establish”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kurmak (third-person singular simple present kurar)
- (transitive) to assemble
- (transitive) to establish
- Atatürk, ülkenin ilk yıllarında sayısız fabrikalar kurdu.
- Atatürk established numerous factories in the early years of the country.
- (transitive) to found
- 29 Ekim 1923'te Atatürk Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'ni kurdu.
- On October 29 1923, Atatürk founded the Republic of Türkiye.
- (transitive) to wind up (a clock, etc.)
- Yatmadan önce saatini kurmayı unutma.
- Don't forget to wind up your watch before bed.
- (transitive) to install
- Yeni yazılımı dizüstü bilgisayarıma kurdum.
- I installed the new software on my laptop.
- (transitive) to set a table
- (transitive) to set a trap
- Avcılar, ormanda keklik avlamak için tuzak kurdular.
- Hunters set traps in the forest to hunt partridges.
- (transitive) to create
- (transitive) to found an organization
Conjugation
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- kurucu (“founder”)
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