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 separate; to cause to be separate · to tell apart; to discern, to differentiate · to separate, to distinguish (treat as different)
çekim: geçmiş skilde · ortaç skild · ulaç skiljande
köken: From Old Swedish skilia, from Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to separate, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”).
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
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.