menetmek

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish منع ایتمك (menʿ itmek, etmek, “to prevent, to forbid”),^[1] equivalent to compound of men (“an act of forbidding, preventing”) +‎ etmek (“to do, to make”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmen.et.mec/
• Hyphenation: men‧et‧mek

Verb

menetmek (third-person singular simple present meneder)

1. (transitive, with dative or ablative) To forbid from, to prohibit, to disallow.

   Synonyms: yasaklamak, yasak etmek

   Mahkeme zanlıyı ülke dışına çıkmaktan menetti. ― The court forbade the suspect from leaving the country.

   Mahkeme zanlıya ülke dışına çıkmayı menetti. ― The court forbade the suspect from leaving the country.

2. (transitive, with dative or ablative) To prevent from, to hinder.

References

Further reading

• “menetmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu