dep
/dep/
Definitions
1. saying — marks the words someone said or thought, where English uses quotation marks or "that"
- kel deb aytdı — he said: come
- deb dağıda sordu atası — his father asked again, saying
- barama deb turadı — he keeps saying he is going
2. in order to, meaning to
- aşarğa deb keldi — he came in order to eat
- oqurğa deb ketdi — he went away in order to study
- körürge deb bardım — I went in order to see
3. calling it, taking it for
- anı ustaz deb biledile — they know him as a teacher
- meni jaş deb turadı — he takes me for a boy
- anga Çoppa deb aytadıla — they call it Choppa
Related
dergeformto say, to speak; to think, to suppose; to consider, to take for; to call, to be called