derge
/derɡe/
Definitions
1. to say, to speak
- kel degeningde keldim — you said come, and I came
- ne deyse? — what do you say?
- oğay derge — to say no, to refuse
2. to think, to suppose
- ol bügün kelir deymise? — do you think he will come today?
- beş sağat bolğan bolur deyme — I think it must be five o'clock
- oğay, kelir demeyme — no, I do not think he will come
3. to consider, to take for
- tuwğan qarnaşlabız deb tururğa — to consider oneself born brothers
- anı ustaz derge — to take him for a teacher
- sen bolursa deb qarayma — I look, thinking it must be you
4. to call, to be called
- tebregiz degenni aytdım — I said the word: set off
- mınga ne deydile? — what is this called?
- anga ne deydile? — what do they call that?
Related
depbasesaying — marks the words someone said or thought, where English uses quotation marks or "that"; in order to, meaning to; calling it, taking it for