tutmak.
to hold; to take hold of; to grip; to grab
Meaning & usage
to hold; to take hold of; to grip; to grab
to catch, hunt
to rent, hire, take on, employ
temizlikçi tutmak
to hold back; to restrain
to look after, watch over
to take up, cover, envelop, fill
to back, support, approve of, like
to keep (one's promise, one's word)
to accord with, be consistent with, jibe with, agree with
to do, make sth. (in a certain way)
to be realized, to come true, come to pass
(for something) to total, come to a total of, come to, amount to, add up to
to last, to take
düğün üç gün tuttu
to stick, adhere
to hinder, to impede, to distract
to defend
to cause to feel sick
to keep, to help remain
to keep, to own, to possess
to unexpectedly occur, especially if it annoys the speaker
arabanın bozulacağı tuttu
to present, to offer
to accept as true, to assume to be true
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوتمق (tutmak), from Old Anatolian Turkish طوتمق (dutmaq, tutmaq), from Proto-Turkic *tut- (“to grasp”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐱃 (tut-, “to keep, catch, own”), Azerbaijani tutmaq (“to catch, keep”), Bashkir тотоу (totow, “to keep, hold”), Chuvash тытма (tytma, “to keep, hold”), Khakas & Shor тударға (tudarğa, “to keep, hold, catch, seize, rule, hold back”), Kyrgyz тутуу (tutuu, “to catch”), Turkmen tutmak (“to hold, keep, catch, hire, fill”), Tuvan тудар (tudar, “to hold, catch, grab”), Uzbek tutmoq (“to take, hold, catch”), Yakut тут (tut, “to hold, seize, grab, catch”), Gagauz tutmaa.
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