Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بگنمك, from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ken- (to feel joy, appreciate).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /be(j)ænˈmec/, /bæːnˈmec/
  • Hyphenation: be‧ğen‧mek

Verb

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beğenmek (third-person singular simple present beğenir)

  1. (transitive) to like, to appreciate
    Filmi beğendiniz mi?Did you like the film?
  2. (transitive) to choose or prefer one out of a bunch
    Şu ayakkabıyı beğendim.I liked that shoe the most.
  3. (transitive) to approve
    Okulu bırakma fikrimi beğenmedi.He didn't approve of my idea of dropping out.

Usage notes

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  • beğenmek doesn't carry any romantic meaning
    seni beğendim
    I like you (platonically).

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • beğenmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

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