tahmin etmek

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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.
    Geleceği tahmin etmek zordur.
    It is difficult to predict the future.

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References[edit]

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

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