göz dikmek

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوز دیكمك (göz dikmek, “to fix the eyes on, to long to possess a thing”), equivalent to compound of göz (“eye”) +‎ dikmek (“to erect, to place in upright position”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɟœz.dic.mec/ Hyphenation: göz‧dik‧mek === Verb === göz dikmek (third-person singular simple present göz diker) (intransitive, idiomatic, with dative) To have the desire to possess something, to set one's heart on or one's eye on something, chiefly with negative connotations; to covet. Synonym: göz koymak Vatanımıza göz dikenler dün olduğu gibi bugün de kaybetmeye mahkûmdur. ― Those who set their eyes on our homeland are doomed to lose today just as yesterday. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “göz dikmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “göz dikmek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1765