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tutmak

Pronunciation: /tutˈmak/

“tutmak” is a Turkish word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to hold; to take hold of; to grip; to grab
  2. to catch, hunt
  3. to rent, hire, take on, employ
  4. to hold back; to restrain
  5. to look after, watch over
  6. to take up, cover, envelop, fill
  7. to back, support, approve of, like
  8. to keep (one's promise, one's word)
  9. to accord with, be consistent with, jibe with, agree with
  10. to do, make sth. (in a certain way)
  11. to be realized, to come true, come to pass
  12. (for something) to total, come to a total of, come to, amount to, add up to
  13. to last, to take
  14. to stick, adhere
  15. to hinder, to impede, to distract
  16. to defend
  17. to cause to feel sick
  18. to keep, to help remain
  19. to keep, to own, to possess
  20. to unexpectedly occur, especially if it annoys the speaker

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوتمق (tutmak), from Old Anatolian Turkish طوتمق (dutmaq, tutmaq), from Proto-Turkic *tut- (“to grasp”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐱃 (tut-, “to keep, catch, own”), Azerbaijani tutmaq (“to catch, keep”), Bashkir тотоу (totow, “to keep, hold”), Chuvash тытма (tytma, “to keep, hold”), Khakas & Shor тударға (tudarğa, “to keep, hold, catch, seize, rule, hold back”),…

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