benzemek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بڭزه‌مك‎ (beñzemek). Akin to Old Turkic [script needed] (meŋze-, “to look alike”), derived from Old Turkic [script needed] (beŋiz) / [Unspecified needed] (meŋiz, “face, appearance”)[1], From Proto-Turkic *beŋiŕ (“face; to be similar; open forestless place on a mountain slope”). See more at beniz (“face”). Compare Azerbaijani bənzəmək (“to look like”), Turkmen meňzemek (“to resemble”).

Verb

benzemek (third-person singular simple present benzer)

  1. (intransitive) to look alike, to resemble, seem like

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • benzeme
  • benzeyiş
  • benzer
  • benzeşmek
  • benzetmek
  • benzenmek
  • benzeyememek
  • benzeyebilmek

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “benze-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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