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gelmek.

to come, move closer

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɟelˈmec/[ɟæl̠ˈme̞c]
  1. to come, move closer

    intransitive
    eve gelmek
  2. to come, to appear, to manifest

    intransitive
  3. to weigh (have a certain weight)

    intransitive
  4. to seem, to appear

    impersonal · intransitive
    bana çok soğuk geldi
    bana öyle geliyor ki ...
  5. to pretend

    intransitive
    bir şeyi duymazlıktan gelmek
    bir şeyi görmezlikten gelmek
  6. to feel like doing something

    impersonal
    Hiç gidesim gelmiyor.
    Yapasın gelmiyor mu? Ah, ne yazık, hadi artık.
  7. to visit, to come over

    intransitive
    bize 'geldiler
  8. to come off; to escape or get off, to come out of a situation without significant harm.

    intransitive
  9. to come off, to come across, to feel like, to seem like

    intransitive
  10. to arise, to become apparent

    intransitive
  11. to come, to ejaculate

    rare · slang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گلمك (gelmek, “to come”), from Old Anatolian Turkish كلمك (gelmek), from Proto-Turkic *kẹl- (“to come”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰠 (kel-, “to come”), Karakhanid کَلْماكْ (kelmēk, “to come”).

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