menetmek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish منع ایتمك‎ (menʿ itmek, etmek, “to prevent, to forbid”)[1], equivalent to compound of men (“an act of forbidding, preventing”) +‎ etmek (“to do, to make”)[2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmen.et.mec/
  • Hyphenation: men‧et‧mek

Verb

menetmek (third-person singular simple present meneder)

  1. (transitive, with dative or ablative) To forbid from, to prohibit, to disallow.
    Synonyms: yasaklamak, yasak etmek
    Mahkeme zanlıyı ülke dışına çıkmaktan menetti. ― The court forbade the suspect from leaving the country.
    Mahkeme zanlıya ülke dışına çıkmayı menetti. ― The court forbade the suspect from leaving the country.
  2. (transitive, with dative or ablative) To prevent from, to hinder.

Conjugation

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “منع ایتمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2006
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “men”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • menetmek in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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