اقناع ایتمك
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From اقناع (iknâʼ, “persuasion; satisfaction”) + ایتمك (etmek, “to do; to make”).
Verb
- (transitive) to persuade, convince, to cause someone to agree to, or do something, usually through reasoning
- Synonyms: ایناندرمق (inandırmak), قاندرمق (kandırmak)
- (transitive) to satisfy, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of someone, to provide what is wanted or required for
Descendants
- Turkish: ikna etmek
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ikna etmek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2128
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اقناع ایتمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 124
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اقناع ایتمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 168