tahmin etmek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تخمین ایتمك (taḫmin itmek, etmek, to estimate),[1][2] from تخمین (taḫmin), equivalent to compound of tahmin (a guess, an estimation) + etmek (to do, to make).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tahˈmin.et.mec/
  • Hyphenation: tah‧min‧et‧mek

Verb

tahmin etmek (third-person singular simple present tahmin eder)

  1. (transitive) To guess roughly, to conjecture.
  2. (transitive) To forecast based on data, hunch etc.

Conjugation

  • hava tahmini
  • tahminen
  • tahminî

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), تخمین ایتمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 517
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), تخمین ایتمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 355
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), tahmin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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