çalışmak
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish چالشمق (çalışmak), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čal-, whence also Turkish çal-. Equivalent to çal- + -ış.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]çalışmak (third-person singular simple present çalışır)
- to work
- üç yıldır bu okulda çalışıyorum ― I have been working in this school for three years
- to study (lessons)
- (following a verbal noun in dative case) to try to
- İyi bir insan olmaya çalışıyorum.
- I'm trying to be a good person.
- Çalışmaya çalışıyorum.
- I'm trying to study.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) to work out, to hit
- Haftada kaç gün bacak çalışıyorsun?
- How many days a week do you work out your legs?
Usage notes
[edit]- In Cypriot Turkish, this term is not used to refer to working, where işlemek is preferred instead.
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Ladino: chalishear
Further reading
[edit]- “çalışmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
References
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çalışmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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