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Cyrillic кечмәк
Abjad کئچمک

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Etymology

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From Old Anatolian Turkish كچمك (gäčmäk), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *keč- (to pass).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (käč-, to pass through), Turkish geçmek, etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [cet͡ʃˈmæc]; [-æç, -æj, ej, -æt͡ʃ, -æh]
  • (Tabriz) IPA(key): [ɟeʃˈmɑx][2]
  • Hyphenation: keç‧mək
  • Audio (Baku):(file)

Verb

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keçmək

  1. (intransitive) to pass through something [with ablative]
  2. (transitive) to cross
    çayı keçməkto cross the river
    Yaşıl işıq yananda, yolu keçmək olar.When the green light goes on, one may cross the street.
  3. (intransitive) to pass (of time)
    Bu il yay çox tez keçdi.This year, the summer passed really quickly.
    Gün keçdi, axşam oldu.The day passed, evening came.
  4. (transitive, figurative) to pass, leave behind
    Astaranı artıq keçmişdik, Ərdəbilə bir saat qalırdı.
    We had already left Astara behind, one hour was remaining to Ardabil.
  5. (intransitive, figurative, with ablative) to pass (a test etc)
    sınaqdan keçməkto pass a test
  6. (intransitive) to enter, to come in
    Buyurun, keçin içəri!Please, come inside! (said to several people)
  7. (intransitive) to pass, to go away (of illness, troubles, etc)
    Qrip bir həftədən sonra keçdiThe flue went away after a week.
    Bu da keçərThis too shall pass.
  8. (intransitive) to go, to turn out, to result.
    İmtahanın necə keçdi?How did your exam go?
    Heç də yaxşı keçmədi, kəsildim.It didn't go well at all, I flunked.
  9. (intransitive, with dative) to spread (of desease), infect
    Synonym: yoluxmaq
    • 2016 June 16, Day.az[1]:
      QİÇS xəstəliyi mənə ərimdən keçdi.
      I got the disease AIDS from my husband. (Literally, "The disease AIDS went over to me from my husband")
  10. (intransitive, with ablative) to forgive (something)
    Allah günahımdan keçsin.May God forgive my sin.

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*geč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Haneda, Koichi (2009—2010) “keçmək”, in لغات لهجه‌ی تبریز [Vocabulary of Tabrizi Dialect] (in Persian), Tabriz: یاران, →ISBN, page 115

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Khalaj

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Perso-Arabic کئچمَک

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *köč- (to migrate).

Pronunciation

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  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [kɛt͡ʃˈmæk]

Verb

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keçmək (third-person singular aorist keçər, second person singular imperative keçi)

  1. to migrate

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