alışmak
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلشمق[1] or آلیشمق (alışmaḳ),[2][3] equivalent to al- (“to take, to receive”) + -ış (“reciprocative suffix”) + -mak.[4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]alışmak (third-person singular simple present alışır)
- (intransitive, with dative) To become familiar with, to get or grow accustomed to, to get used to.
- (intransitive, with dative) To suit over time, to grow into.
- (intransitive, with dative) To get addicted to, to develop a habit for.
- (intransitive, figuratively, with dative) To warm to.
- Synonym: ısınmak
- (intransitive) To catch fire, to have flames start to come out of it, to become aflame.
- Synonym: tutuşmak
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آلشمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 186
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911), “آلیشمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 36
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901), “آلیشمق”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 54
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “alış-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “alışmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “alışmak¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 208