tanışmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طانیشمق (tanışmak), can be analyzed as tanı- (“to know a person”) +‎ -ş.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑnɯʃˈmɑk/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nış‧mak

Verb

tanışmak

  1. (reciprocal) to meet (for the first time)
    bugün okulda yeni Fransızca öğretmeniyle tanıştık ― today we met with the new French teacher at school
    tanıştığımıza memnun oldum ― I’m glad to meet you (literally, “I am glad that we have met”)
    annenizle böyle tanıştım ― that's how I met your mother.
  2. (reciprocal) to rub elbows with (someone)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tanışmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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