kanmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قانمق (qanmaq, “to be satieted with drink, to become convinced”), from Proto-Turkic *kān- (“to be satisfied”). Cognate with Old Uyghur qʾnmʾq (qanmaq, “to be satisfied”), Karakhanid قانْماقْ (qānmāq, “to be satisfied”), Turkmen gānmak (“to satisfy one's thirst”) and Mongolian ханах (xanax, “to be satisfied”); a probable Turkic borrowing.

Verb

kanmak (third-person singular simple present kanar)

  1. (intransitive) to believe; be fooled, be taken in (by)
  2. (intransitive) to be contented (with), be satisfied (with)

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