göz atmak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوز آتمق (göz atmaḳ, to cast one's eye on any thing, to conceive a desire for),[1] equivalent to compound of göz (eye) + atmak (to throw), literally to throw (one's) eye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟœz.at.mak/
  • Hyphenation: göz‧at‧mak

Verb

göz atmak (third-person singular simple present göz atar)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic, with dative) To take a look at shortly, to glance over, to take a gander.
    Kitaba şöyle bir göz attım, pek bana göre değil.I took a glance at the book, it's not quite for me.

Conjugation

  • göz ardı etmek
  • göz boyamak
  • göz yummak
  • gözden çıkarmak
  • gözden geçirmek
  • göze almak
  • göze batmak
  • göze çarpmak
  • gözü dalmak
  • gözü doymak
  • gözü ısırmak

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “گوز آتمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1780

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