bakmak

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak.mak/

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Verb

bakmak (third-person singular simple present bakar)

1. (intransitive, with dative) to look (at), gaze

   Eve bakıyorum.

   I'm looking at the house.

2. (intransitive) to look for

   Ev bakıyorum.

   I'm looking for a house.

3. (intransitive, with dative) to face, view, watch, have a sight of
4. (intransitive, with dative) to examine, investigate, pay attention to, have a look
5. (intransitive, with dative) to take care of, look after
6. (intransitive, technology, with dative) to maintain
7. (intransitive, with dative) to attend to, tend to, see to, mind
8. (intransitive, with dative) to look to, depend upon
9. (intransitive, with dative) to answer, feed

Conjugation

Derived terms

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bạk- (“to look, watch”).

Verb

bakmak

1. to look
2. to graze

Conjugation