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anlamak.

To understand, to comprehend, to get.

7 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/an.ɫaˈmak/
  1. To understand, to comprehend, to get.

    transitive
  2. To find something correct and appropriate.

    transitive
  3. To sense or predict someone's feelings or thoughts.

    transitive
  4. To have knowledge on something.

    intransitive · with-ablative
  5. To benefit from, to gain advantage from something, to have a worthwhile or meaningful experience from.

    intransitive · with-ablative
    Bu şimdi izlediğimiz filmden bi' bok anlamadım, çok sıkıcı.
    Şimdi buluşursak hiçbir şey anlamayız, yalnız 15 dakika görüşebileceğiz.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آكلامق (añlamak, “to understand, to comprehend”),, from Old Anatolian Turkish اكلمق (aŋlamaq, “to understand; to listen”), from Early Old Oghuz اَنْكْلاماقْ (ʾanklʾmʾq /⁠aŋlāmāq⁠/, “to understand”), from Proto-Turkic *āŋla- (“to understand”), from Proto-Turkic *āŋ (“intelligence, ability to understand”). Cognate with Salar añna.

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