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covet

 
 
/ˈkʌvɪt/ verb [T] formal

Translation

to want something very much, especially something that someone else has
gözü kalmak, imrenmek, içi gitmek, hasetlik etmek
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(Definition of covet verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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