Inherited fromOttoman Turkishایلتمك(iletmek,“to let or make go, to take or carry away”), fromOld Anatolian Turkish[script needed](ilet-,“to carry, bring, carry away”), fromProto-Turkic*ẹl-t-,*ẹl-č-.[1]
Cognate withOld Turkic𐰠𐱅(elt,“to take, drive, lead”),Old Uyghur[script needed](élt-),[script needed](élit-,“to lead, carry, convey”),Karakhanid[script needed](életmēk,“to carry, bring”),Bashkirилтеү(iltew,“to carry”),Chagatai[script needed](éltmek,“to carry”),Chuvashлеҫме(leśme,“to bring, deliver”),Tatarилтү(iltü,“to take, carry, lead”),Turkmeneltmek(“to deliver, hand, bring”),Yakutилт(ilt,“to take away, carry”).
iletmek (third-person singular simple presentiletir)