dilemek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیله‌مك (dilemek, to wish for, to desire, to long for, to request),[1] from Proto-Turkic *tile- (to wish), from *til (tongue, language) + *-ge.[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.leˈmec/
  • Hyphenation: di‧le‧mek

Verb

dilemek (third-person singular simple present diler)

  1. (transitive) To wish, to request.
    Synonyms: rica etmek, istemek, arzu etmek
  2. (intransitive) To make a wish for someone.
    Bana şans dile!
    Wish me luck!

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • af dilemek
  • dilediği gibi
  • dilek
  • özür dilemek

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیله‌مك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 939
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dɨl / *dil”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dilek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • dilemek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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