giymek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كیمك (gimek, geymek), from Proto-Turkic *ked- (to put on).[1]

Cognate with Azerbaijani geymək, Bashkir кейеү (kiyiv), Crimean Tatar kiymek, Kazakh кию (kiü), Kyrgyz кийүү (kiyüü), Kumyk гиймек (giymek), Old Turkic 𐰚𐰓 (kd²), Shor кезерге, Southern Altai кийер (kiyer), Tatar кию (kiyu), Tuvan кедер (keder), Uzbek kiymoq‎, Uyghur كىيمەك (kiymek), Yakut кэтии (ketii) etc.

Pronunciation

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Verb

giymek (third-person singular simple present giyer)

  1. to wear (clothing)
    Siyah elbisemi giyeceğim.I'll wear my black dress.
    • 1934 December 16, “Yüce Vilâyet katının Buyruğu”, in Türk Sözü, page 1:
      Her erkek yurttaş Pantalon giyecek
      All male citizens will wear trousers

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References

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