olmak

Pronunciation: /oɫˈmak/

“olmak” is a Turkish word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

to become, come to exist, come into being
to happen, occur, be, take place, befall
to be, to have or occupy a place or position, be located or situated at
to have, own
to pass, elapse, be
to suffice, be acceptable, be all right, be okay
to be possible, be apparently valid, be likely, be plausible
to ripen, mature; (for food) to be cooked, be done
to fit, suit
to lose, be deprived of
to have, undergo something, to be afflicted with, suffer from, experience something negative, to catch a disease

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولمق (olmak, “to exist, be, become, happen, fit, ripen, mature”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ol-), [script needed] (bol-, “to become”), from Proto-Turkic *bol- (“to become”). Now-obsolete bolmak was dominant until the end of the 16th century, and coexisted with olmak, which was attested quite early too. The relation between the two is unclear;…

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