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dikmek.

to erect, to plant

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/dicˈmec/
  1. to erect, to plant

    ditransitive
    bir yere direk dikmek
  2. to plant (plants only, for seeds see ekmek)

    ditransitive
    Boş toprağa bir koru dikseniz otuz yılda gölge verir.
  3. to chug

    transitive
    Doldurmasıyla kadehini dikmesi, gözünü kırpmadan tek yudumda devirmesi bir oluyor.
  4. to assign a person to a place to guard

    ditransitive
    O günden sonra kapıya diktiği bir bekçiye iş çıkışları işçilerin üstlerini arattı.
  5. to kick a ball directly upwards

    ditransitive
    maç yapan çocukların topunu havaya dikmek
  6. to build

    ditransitive
    Biz apartman dikmek için ağaçları kese duralım, İsviçre'de içinde küçük bir orman olan gökdelen yapıyorlar.
  7. to place the ball somewhere on the field

    ditransitive
    Top toplayıcıdan gelen topu köşe noktasına dikti.
  8. to sew, to sew up, to stitch, to stitch up

    transitive
    Yırtık kot nasıl dikilir?
  9. to tailor

    transitive
    yazlık elbise dikimi
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیكمك (dikmek), from Proto-Turkic *tik-.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.