tanıştırmak

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Equvialent to tanış- (to meet) +‎ -tır +‎ -mak

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɑnɯʃtɯɾˈmɑk/, [t̪ʰɑ.n̪ɯʃ.t̪ʰɯɾ̞ˈmɑk]
  • Rhymes: -ɑk
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nış‧tır‧mak

Verb

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tanıştırmak

  1. (transitive) to introduce (someone) [+accusative]
    Synonym: tanıtmak
    Seni arkadaşımla tanıştırayım
    Let me introduce you to my friend
  2. (transitive) to make someone meet someone else [+accusative]
    O ikisini o gün tanıştırdım
    I made those two meet eachother that day

Usage notes

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  • When used in the sense of introducing someone to someone else, the indirect object receives the postposition "ile" instead of the expected dative case, though sometimes the dative case can be used as well.

Conjugation

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References

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