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Where does “beklemek” come from?

beklemek (Turkish) comes from Old Turkic bekle-, from Proto-Turkic bek — firm, solid, stable.

beklemek (Turkish): to wait; to expect

Definitions

  1. to wait; to expect

Ancestry of “beklemek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkicbekle-—
2Proto-Turkicbekfirm, solid, stable

Words derived from “beklemek”

  • beklenmek
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