to claim, to lay claim to, to stake a claim to · to demand (to claim a right to something) · to vie for
çekim: geçmiş διεκδίκησα · ortaç έχοντας διεκδικήσει · şimdiki διεκδικεί · ulaç διεκδικώντας
köken: Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διεκδικῶ (diekdikô, “to take revenge”) with semantic loan from Latin vindicō and later from French revendiquer. Morphologically, δι- from δια- (di- from dia-) + ἐκδικῶ (ekdikô, “avenge, punish”) (uncontracted ἐκδικέω (ekdikéō), for which see the modern εκδικούμαι (ekdikoúmai).
to sue · to complain · to appeal (to something), to play on
çekim: geçmiş 訴えた
köken: /urutapu/ → /uttafu/ → /uttaheru/ → /uttaeru/ Attested in the historical record since at least the early Heian period. Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.…
to petition: to address a formal petition · to complain: to make a formal complaint, accusation, or expression of grief, dissatisfaction, censure, etc.
köken: ร้อง (rɔ́ɔng, “to cry (out, aloud, etc)”) + เรียน (riian, “to address; to inform; to notify”).