yâd etmek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاد ایتمك (yād itmek, etmek, to remember, to recollect, to mention by name),[1][2] from یاد (yād), equivalent to compound of yâd (an act of remembering, remembrance) + etmek (to do, to make).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaːd.et.mec/
  • Hyphenation: yâd‧et‧mek

Verb

yâd etmek (third-person singular simple present yad eder)

  1. (transitive) To remember positively, to honor or commemorate someone's memory.
    Synonyms: anmak, hatırlamak, yâdını uyandırmak
    Bugün kıymetli büyüklerimizin aziz hatırasını yâd ediyoruz.Today we are honoring the dear memory of our venerable elders.

Conjugation

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاد ایتمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2181
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاد ایتمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1335
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yad”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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