yükselmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یوكسلمك (yükselmek, to rise, to mount),[1] from Proto-Turkic *yükse- (to rise), from Proto-Turkic *yük- (upwards),[2][3] morphologically yükse- (obsolete) + -l- + -mek. The passive form has replaced the base form and the passive suffix has lost its function.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jyc.sɛlˈmec/
  • Hyphenation: yük‧sel‧mek

Verb

yükselmek (third-person singular simple present yükselir)

  1. (intransitive) To rise, to move up in height.
    Antonyms: alçalmak, inmek
  2. (intransitive) To increase in amount.
  3. (intransitive) (of a price) To increase.
    Antonym: düşmek
  4. (intransitive) To move up in level, rank or title.
  5. (intransitive) To rise in severity.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوكسلمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2217
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jüg-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yüksel-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  4. Çelik, Anıl. Türkiye Türkçesinde anlamsal döngü ve döngülü sözcük örnekleri. Hiperlink eğit. ilet. yay. san. tic. ve ltd. sti., 2020.

Further reading

  • yükselmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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