No. 4,021 in Turkish
et
Meat.
In a sentence
Sık sık taze et alırız.
We often buy fresh meat.
In this sentence, 'et' refers to 'meat'.
Bahçedeki ağacı kesip odun ettiler.
They cut the tree in the garden and turned it into wood.
Here, 'etmek' is used as a verb meaning 'to make or to turn into', derived from 'et'.
Lütfen bir iyilik et ve kitabı bana ver.
Please do a favor and give me the book.
In this example, 'etmek' as a verb is used to mean 'do', forming part of the phrase 'iyilik etmek' (to do a favor).
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