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bakmak.

to look (at), gaze

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/bakˈmak/[ba̠kˈma̠k]
  1. to look (at), gaze

    intransitive · with-dative
    Eve bakıyorum.
  2. to look for

    intransitive
    Ev bakıyorum.
  3. to face, view, watch, have a sight of

    intransitive · with-dative
  4. to examine, investigate, pay attention to, have a look

    intransitive · with-dative
  5. to take care of, look after

    intransitive · with-dative
  6. to maintain

    intransitive · with-dative
  7. to attend to, tend to, see to, mind

    intransitive · with-dative
  8. to look to, depend upon

    intransitive · with-dative
  9. to answer, feed

    intransitive · with-dative
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باقمق (bakmak, “to look”), from Proto-Turkic *bak- (“to look, watch”). Cognate to Azerbaijani baxmaq (“to look”) and Karakhanid بَقْماقْ (baqmāq).

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