Meaning of tanımaq | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to know (a person)
   transitive
2. to be familiar with a place, to find one's way
3. to recognize
   transitive
4. to acknowledge, to recognize
   broadly, transitive

Examples

“Sən onu çoxdandan tanıyırsan?”

Have you known him/her for a long time?

“Hə, amma sözün düzü o qədər yaxından tanımıram.”

Yes, but to be honest, I don't know him/her that well (lit. 'closely').

“Dost dar gündə tanınar.”

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

“Mən buranı yaxşı tanımıram. Gəl naviqatoru yandıraq!”

I don't know this area very well, let's turn on the GPS!

“Dostum o qədər arıqlayıb ki, onu görəndə tanımadım.”

My friend has lost so much weight, that I didn't recognize him when I saw him.

“Təzə qurulan dövləti hələ heç kim tanımayıb.”

No one has recognized the newly created state yet.

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