çalmak
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish چالمق (çalmak), from Proto-Turkic *čal- (“to knock (down), hit, agitate”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]çalmak (third-person singular simple present çalar)
- (transitive) to steal
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:çalmak
- Hırsızlar annemin çantasını çaldı ― the thieves stole my mother's bag
- (transitive) to play (produce music using a musical instrument; use a device to hear a recording)
- Çok iyi piyano çalarım ― I play the piano very well
- (intransitive) to play (produce music; be played from a recording)
- Favori şarkım çalıyor ― my favourite song is playing
- (intransitive) to ring (phone or bell)
- Eve girdiğimde telefon çalıyordu ― the phone was ringing when I entered the house
- Duş alıyorken kapı (or "zil") çaldı ― the doorbell rang while I was taking a shower
- (transitive) to tap the door
- (dated, regional, transitive) to hit, to throw
- (dated, regional, transitive) to smear, to add
Conjugation
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*čal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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