to begin; to commence; to be started · to start, to begin
çekim: geçmiş begann · ortaç begonnen · şimdiki beginnt · ulaç beginnend
eş: anfangen, angehen, anpacken, starten, anfangen, starten
köken: From Middle High German beginnen, from Old High German biginnan, from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną. Cognate with Low German beginnen, Dutch beginnen, West Frisian begjinne, and English begin.
to initiate, to acquaint, to clue in, to let in on (to familiarize thoroughly with something) · to initiate, to acquaint, to clue in, to let in on (to disclose information to someone; to tell somebody a secret or share privileged information) · to get initiated, to get acquainted, to get clued in, to get let in on (to get familiarized thoroughly with something)
köken: From Proto-Albanian *neitša, from Proto-Indo-European *néykʷyeti, related to Lithuanian su-ni̇̀kti (“to set upon, to attack”), Proto-Slavic *niknǫti (“to rise, grow”), and, proposed by some, Ancient Greek νεῖκος (neîkos, “quarrel, struggle”). More likely borrowed from Latin initio.