güdmək

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *gǖd- (to wait; attend; respect; to graze).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

güdmək (transitive)

  1. to graze (to tend cattle while grazing)
    Synonym: otarmaq
  2. to surveil (to keep someone or something under surveillance)
  3. to pursue (to aim for, go after a specified objective, often a malevolent such)
    Onlar öz məqsədlərini güdürlər.
    They are pursuing their own goals.
    öz xeyrini güdməkto pursue for one's own benefit, to strive for gains for oneself
    Synonym: təqib etmək
  4. to graze (to tend cattle while grazing)
  5. to protect, to guard
    Synonym: qorumaq

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References

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