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yaranmak

verb C1
  1. to please (intransitive)
  2. to ingratiate, to curry favor (intransitive) · Patronuna yaranmaya çalıştı., He tried to curry favor with his boss.
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yaranplease ıyorpresent continuous umI

The stem, then -iyor, then a person ending. The first vowel of -iyor follows vowel harmony (geliyor, alıyor, okuyor, görüyor), but -yor never changes, so the person endings after it are always back: -um, -sun, -uz.

From the library

Zavallı paşa hanımlara yaranmak için her şeyi yapıyor, kuyudan su çekiyor, bahçe suluyor, sebzevat ayıklıyor, yine makbul olamıyordu.
Seçme hikâyeler, p. 18 · C1

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