seçmək
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Turkic *sEč- (“to choose, select”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (seç-, “to choose, discern”), Turkish seçmek (“to choose, distinguish”), Turkmen seçmek (“to choose”), Yakut эс- (es-, “throw away”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [set͡ʃˈmæk], [set͡ʃˈmæj]
- IPA(key): [set͡sˈmæk], [set͡sˈmæj]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Tabriz" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [seʃˈmɑχ][2]
- Hyphenation: seç‧mək
Verb
seçmək
- (transitive) to choose, pick
- 2012 November 6, “Matrix Fəlsəfəsi”, in Azad Düşünce[1]:
- Matrix filmi tamaşaçıya suallarla meydan oxuyan bir filmdir. Hansı həbi seçərsiniz?
- Matrix is a movie that challanges the viewer with questions. Which pill will you choose?
- Hər ikisinə sahib ola bilməzsən, birini seçməlisən, ikincisindən isə əl çəkməlisən.
- You can't get them both, you have to choose one and let the other alone.
- (transitive) to elect
- Amerikada yeni prezident seçildi ― A new president has been elected in America.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- seçici (“voter”)
- seçilmək (“to become elected”)
- seçim (“choice”)
- seçki (“election”)
- ayrı-seçkilik (“discrimination”)
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Haneda, Koichi (2009—2010) “seçmək”, in لغات لهجهی تبریز [Vocabulary of Tabrizi Dialect] (in Persian), Tabriz: یاران, →ISBN, page 112