tutmak

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوتمق (tutmak), from Old Anatolian Turkish طوتمق (dutmaq, tutmaq), from Proto-Turkic *tut- (“to grasp”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐱃 (tut-, “to keep, catch, own”), Azerbaijani tutmaq (“to catch, keep”), Bashkir тотоу (totow, “to keep, hold”), Chuvash тытма (tytma, “to keep, hold”), Khakas & Shor тударға (tudarğa, “to keep, hold, catch, seize, rule, hold back”), Kyrgyz тутуу (tutuu, “to catch”), Turkmen tutmak (“to hold, keep, catch, hire, fill”), Tuvan тудар (tudar, “to hold, catch, grab”), Uzbek tutmoq (“to take, hold, catch”), Yakut тут (tut, “to hold, seize, grab, catch”), Gagauz tutmaa.

• IPA^(key): /tutˈmak/

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• Hyphenation: tut‧mak

tutmak (third-person singular simple present tutar)

1. (transitive) to hold; to take hold of; to grip; to grab
2. (transitive) to catch, hunt

   balık tutmak ― to fish

3. (transitive) to rent, hire, take on, employ

   temizlikçi tutmak ― to hire a janitor

4. (transitive) to hold back; to restrain
5. (transitive) to look after, watch over
6. (transitive) to take up, cover, envelop, fill
7. (transitive) to back, support, approve of, like

   takım tutmak ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

8. (transitive) to keep (one's promise, one's word)
9. (transitive) to accord with, be consistent with, jibe with, agree with

   Synonym: uymak

10. (transitive) to do, make sth. (in a certain way)
11. (intransitive, of a guess, prediction, malediction etc.) to be realized, to come true, come to pass
12. (intransitive) (for something) to total, come to a total of, come to, amount to, add up to
13. (intransitive) to last, to take

    düğün üç gün tuttu ― the wedding took three days

14. (intransitive) to stick, adhere
15. (transitive, informal) to hinder, to impede, to distract

    Synonym: oyalamak

16. (transitive, military) to defend

    Synonym: savunmak

17. (transitive) to cause to feel sick

    deniz tutmak ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

18. (transitive) to keep, to help remain

    zinde tutmak ― to keep fit

19. (transitive) to keep, to own, to possess
20. (intransitive, with -eceği) to unexpectedly occur, especially if it annoys the speaker

    arabanın bozulacağı tuttu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

21. (transitive) to present, to offer

    Synonyms: sunmak, ikram etmek

22. (transitive) to accept as true, to assume to be true

    Synonym: bilmek

• “tutmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “tutmak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tutmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük