seçmek

Turkish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [set͡ʃmec]
  • Hyphenation: seç‧mek

Verb

seçmek (third-person singular simple present seçer)

  1. (transitive) to choose, select
    Henüz okulumu seçmedim.I haven’t chosen my school yet.
  2. (transitive) to pick out, sort
  3. (transitive) to elect
  4. (transitive) to perceive, distinguish, see, discern
  5. (transitive) to be choosy about, be particular about

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. 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
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