gitmek

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كتمك (gitmek), from Proto-Turkic *kē(y)t- (“to go (away)”). Cognate of Azerbaijani getmək, Uzbek ketmoq, Kazakh кету (ketu) etc.

• IPA^(key): /ɟitˈmek/, (dialectal) /ɡetˈmek/

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• Hyphenation: git‧mek

gitmek (third-person singular simple present gider)

1. to go

   Antonym: gelmek

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım [I Am On a Long, Thin Road]”, performed by Aşık Veysel:

     Uzun ince bir yoldayım / Gidiyorum gündüz gece / Bilmiyorum ne haldeyim / Gidiyorum gündüz gece

     I am on a long, thin road / I go day and night / I do not know what state I am in / I go day and night

2. (for roads) to lead

   Bu cadde sahile gider.

   This street leads to the coast.

3. to deteriorate; to grow worse

   Kadının sağlığı kötüye gidiyor.

   The woman's health is deteriorating.

4. to suit; to be suitable or apt for one's image

   Mor bana gitmez.

   Purple doesn't suit me.

5. (euphemistic, intransitive) to die, to pass away

   Araba çarpan adamcağız oracıkta gitmiş.

   The poor man who was hit by the car passed away right there.

6. (intransitive) to last

   Bu telefon bana üç yıl gitti.

   This phone lasted me three years.

7. (intransitive) to be traded at a certain rate

   Dolar bugün kaçtan gidiyor?

   At what rate is the dollar trading today?

• → Swedish: gitta

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كتمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1525

From Proto-Turkic *kē(y)t- (“to go”). Cognate with Turkish gitmek, etc.

gitmek

1. to go
2. to leave
3. to continue, last
4. to pay a visit

• Ene dilim: gitmek