seçmek

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سچمك (seçmek, to choose, sort, discern, distinguish, notice, elect), from Proto-Turkic *seč- (to choose, select).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic (seç-, to choose, discern), Azerbaijani seçmək (to choose, distinguish), Turkmen seçmek (to choose).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: seç‧mek

Verb

seçmek (third-person singular simple present seçer)

  1. (transitive) to choose, select
    Henüz okulumu seçmedim.I haven’t chosen my school yet.
  2. (transitive) to pick out, sort
  3. (transitive) to elect
  4. (transitive) to perceive, distinguish, see, discern
  5. (transitive) to be choosy about, be particular about

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References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sEč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill