seçmek
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish سچمك (seçmek, “to choose, sort, discern, distinguish, notice, elect”), from Proto-Turkic *seč- (“to choose, select”).[1]
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (seç-, “to choose, discern”), Azerbaijani seçmək (“to choose, distinguish”), Turkmen seçmek (“to choose”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]seçmek (third-person singular simple present seçer)
- (transitive) to choose, select
- Henüz okulumu seçmedim. ― I haven’t chosen my school yet.
- (transitive) to pick out, sort
- (transitive) to elect
- (transitive) to perceive, distinguish, see, discern
- (transitive) to be choosy about, be particular about
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sEč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden; Cologne; New York: E.J. Brill
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