gelmek

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟælˈmec/

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Verb

gelmek (third-person singular simple present gelir)

1. (intransitive) to come, move closer
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) to weigh (have a certain weight)
3. (+ duymamazlıktan ~) to pretend to not hear something despite having heard it
4. (+ 3rd person optative + possessive pronoun ~) to feel like doing something

   Hiç gidesim gelmiyor. ― I do not feel like going at all.

   Yapasın gelmiyor mu? Ah, ne yazık, hadi artık. ― You don't feel like doing it? Oh, how tragic, c'mon, let's go.

Conjugation

Antonyms

• gitmek

Derived terms

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kẹl-mek (“to come”).

Verb

gelmek

1. to come

Conjugation