köken: According to Jegorov, grown with prothetic в- (v-) from ула (ula, “to howl, cry”), "the illiterate Chuvash equating reading to howling". The latter is inherited from Proto-Turkic *ūlï- and is cognate with Turkish ulumak, Azerbaijani ulamaq. Alternatively, according to Fedotov, cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ula-, “to connect”): typologically compare German lesen (“to gather; to read”).
to read (look at and interpret letters or other information that is written) · to be able to read, be literate · to study (review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them)
çekim: geçmiş διάβασα · ortaç έχοντας διαβάσει · şimdiki διαβάζει · ulaç διαβάζοντας
eş: απαγγέλλω, εξορκίζω
köken: From Byzantine Greek διαβάζω (diabázō), simplification of Ancient Greek διαβιβάζω (diabibázō, “to transmit, to send on”). By surface analysis, δια- (“through”) + βιβάζω (“cause to mount”), βιβάζω being the causative of βαίνω (baínō, “to go”). Cognate with Mariupol Greek дъавазу (ðavazu).
aile: διάβασμα, διαβασμένος, διαβαστερός
Μην τον ενοχλείς όταν διαβάζει.
Στις διακοπές μου, διάβασα τρία μυθιστορήματα.
Ο παππούς δεν πήγε σχολείο και γι’ αυτό δεν διαβάζει.
to read (to look at and interpret letters and symbols that are written) · to read (to look at other information and interpret that is written or drawn) · to read (to interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.)
çekim: geçmiş czytano · şimdiki czyta
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *čitati Old Polish czytać Polish czytać Inherited from Old Polish czytać. By surface analysis, czyść + -ać.