tanışmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طانیشمق (tanışmak), can be analyzed as tanı- (to know a person) + .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑnɯʃˈmɑk/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nış‧mak

Verb

tanışmak

  1. (reciprocal) to meet (for the first time)
    bugün okulda yeni Fransızca öğretmeniyle tanıştıktoday we met with the new French teacher at school
    tanıştığımıza memnun oldumI’m glad to meet you (literally, “I am glad that we have met”)
    annenizle böyle tanıştımthat's how I met your mother.
  2. (reciprocal) to rub elbows with (someone)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tanışmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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