istemek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish استمك‎ (istemek, “to wish for, ask for, want, require”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (iste-, “to seek, search”), from earlier *iztemek, from Proto-Turkic *īŕ-te-mek (“to seek, pursue”), derived from *īŕ (“trace”),[1] see iz (“trace”).

Cognate to irdelemek (“to investigate”), Karakhanid اِسْتاماكْ‎ (istēmēk, “to seek, pursue”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (iste-, “to search, investigate”).

Verb

istemek (third-person singular simple present ister)

  1. (transitive) to want, desire, wish
  2. (transitive, + ablative) to ask for, seek, demand
  3. to be necessary; to require
  4. (transitive) to ask for (a woman) in marriage

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • istek
  • istem
  • isteme
  • istenç
  • istenmek
  • istetmek
  • isteyebilmek
  • isteyiş

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*īŕ / *ɨ̄ŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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