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tutmak.

to hold; to take hold of; to grip; to grab

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

verb/tutˈmak/
  1. to hold; to take hold of; to grip; to grab

    transitive
  2. to catch, hunt

    transitive
  3. to rent, hire, take on, employ

    transitive
    temizlikçi tutmak
  4. to hold back; to restrain

    transitive
  5. to look after, watch over

    transitive
  6. to take up, cover, envelop, fill

    transitive
  7. to back, support, approve of, like

    transitive
  8. to keep (one's promise, one's word)

    transitive
  9. to accord with, be consistent with, jibe with, agree with

    transitive
  10. to do, make sth. (in a certain way)

    transitive
  11. to be realized, to come true, come to pass

    intransitive
  12. (for something) to total, come to a total of, come to, amount to, add up to

    intransitive
  13. to last, to take

    intransitive
    düğün üç gün tuttu
  14. to stick, adhere

    intransitive
  15. to hinder, to impede, to distract

    informal · transitive
  16. to defend

    transitive
  17. to cause to feel sick

    transitive
  18. to keep, to help remain

    transitive
  19. to keep, to own, to possess

    transitive
  20. to unexpectedly occur, especially if it annoys the speaker

    intransitive
    arabanın bozulacağı tuttu
  21. to present, to offer

    transitive
  22. to accept as true, to assume to be true

    transitive
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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