to distinguish, to differentiate (to recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics) · to distinguish, to differentiate (to show or be the difference or distinction between things) · to distinguish (to make noticeably different or better than others through accomplishments)
çekim: geçmiş διέκρινα · ortaç διακεκριμένος
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακρίνω (diakrínō) (via Byzantine Greek) with semantic loan from French se distinguer (“to distinguish oneself”).
to accept, admit, to approve, to allow · to recognize · to acknowledge
çekim: geçmiş 認めた
eş: 諾う
zıt: 否む, 拒む, 打ち消す
köken: Thought to be from 見(み) (mi, “seeing, looking”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru, “to see, to look”)) + 留(と)める (tomeru, “to hold, to keep, to remain”), possibly with semantics like “to keep one's vision on” → “to recognize, to acknowledge, to observe”.
to admit (to wrongdoing) · to admit (concede as true, more generally) · Used to introduce a statement the speaker is confident is true, often as a friendly challenge or prompt for agreement.
çekim: geçmiş erkände · ortaç erkänd · ulaç erkännande
köken: From German erkennen or Low German erkennen. Cognate with Danish erkende, Norwegian Bokmål erkjenne, Norwegian Nynorsk erkjenne, erkjenna, Dutch erkennen and Luxembourgish erkennen. Equivalent to er- + känna.
Hon gick till polisen och erkände allt
Han erkände att han fuskat i kebabsåstävlingen
Jag måste erkänna att jag inte trodde att det fanns en chans att det skulle fungera
to separate, part, divide · to fire, dismiss [with elative ‘from’] (to relieve of a duty) · to expel [with elative ‘from’] (to terminate the membership of)
çekim: geçmiş erottanut · şimdiki erottaisi · ulaç erottava
to distinguish, to tell apart (to recognize as different) · to distinguish, to discern, to make out (to see someone or something clearly or distinctly)
çekim: geçmiş rozeznavše · ortaç rozeznala · şimdiki rozezná
çekim: geçmiş distins · ortaç distins · şimdiki să distingă
köken: Borrowed from French distinguer, from Latin distinguere, with conjugation based on Romanian stinge. Cf. also the earlier (now obsolete, attested 17th century) variant destinge, itself possibly inherited from the same Latin source.