بكزه‌مك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بكزمك (benzemek)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *beŋze- (“to resemble”), a root related to *beŋiŕ (“face”).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani bənzəmək and Turkmen meňzemek.

Verb

بكزه‌مك • (beñzemek) (third-person singular simple present بكزه‌ر (beñzer))

  1. (intransitive, with dative) to resemble, look alike, take after

Derived terms

  • بكزتمك (beñzetmek, “to make a thing resemble another”)
  • بكزشمك (beñzeşmek, “to resemble each other”)
  • بكزنمك (beñzenmek, “to pretend to resemble another”)
  • بكزه‌مه (beñzeme, “act of resembling”)
  • بكزه‌یش (beñzeyiş, “conformity”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: benzemek
  • → Armenian: պէնզէմիշ (pēnzēmiš)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “beŋze-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 352

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