mimlemek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish میملمك (mimlemek, to mark something with م (m) as a sign that it has been noted),[1] from the first letter of Ottoman Turkish مهم (mühim, important, urgent),[2] morphologically mim + -le + -mek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mim.leˈmec/
  • Hyphenation: mim‧le‧mek

Verb

mimlemek (third-person singular simple present mimler)

  1. (transitive) To make a physical or mental note of someone for a bad behavior of theirs; to blacklist.
    Synonym: kara listeye almak

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “میملمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2056
  2. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مهم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2047

Further reading

  • mimlemek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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