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öykünmek

verb

LanguageTurkish (Turkey)

Meaning
  1. to imitate; emulate
  2. to calque
  3. to imitate
  4. To try to be like someone or to copy something, especially in language or behavior. It can also refer to creating a new word by copying the structure of a foreign word.
Examples

Dil Devrimi döneminde Fransızca, Farsça ve Arapçadan bir sürü yeni sözcük öykünülmüştü.

During the language revolution, many new words were calqued from French, Persian and Arabic.

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis verb is more formal than 'taklit etmek'.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.