atmaq

Azerbaijani

FWOTD – 11 July 2018

Other scripts

Cyrillic		атмаг
Abjad		آتماق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ạt- (“to throw, shoot”) Cognate with Turkish atmak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑtˈmɑχ]
• Hyphenation: at‧maq

Verb

atmaq

1. (transitive) to throw

   Sizdən kim günahsızdırsa, qadına birinci daş atsın. (Yəhya 8:7)

   Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. (John 8:32)

   (literally, “May whoever of you, that is without sin, throw the first stone at the woman”)

   ilk daşı atmaq ― To throw the first stone

   qırağa atmaq ― To throw off, to cast away, to cast aside

   zibil atmaq ― To throw garbage

2. (transitive) to quit doing something

   siqareti atmaq; siqaret çəkməyi atmaq ― to quit smoking

   Synonyms: tərk etmək, tərgitmək

3. (transitive) to put

   əlini cibinə atmaq ― To put a hand into the pocket

4. (intransitive, often used with dative) to shoot, shell
   • 2014 May 23, “Nazirlik Füzulidəki atışmanın təfərrüatını açıqladı”, in Axar.az‎^[1], retrieved January 28, 2014:

     Vəliyəd İsmayılovun sözlərinə görə, hər gün atırlar.

     According to Vəliyəd İsmayılov, they shoot every day.

   Onlar bizə atırlar, biz də onlara. ― They shoot at us, and we at them.

   Synonym: güllə atmaq (to shoot)

5. (transitive) to launch (a missile, etc)

   raket atmaq ― to launch a missile

6. (transitive) to abandon, to ditch
   • 2014 January 28, “Bakıda çoxlarının tanıdığı dilənçi qoca: "Halal pul budur, bala"”, in Milli.az‎^[2]:

     Elə türməyə düşən kimi ailəm də məni atdı.

     As soon as I ended up in jail, my family abandoned me

7. (transitive, colloquial) to fool, swindle, defraud

   Synonym: fırıldaq etmək (swindle)

8. (intransitive) to pass the buck, to give the blame to someone
   • 2017 September 6, İnarə Rafiqqızı, Virtualaz.org‎^[3], retrieved January 22, 2018:

     O qətli törədib, mənim üstümə atmaq istədi

     S/he commited the murder, and wanted to pass the buck to me

9. (transitive) to put at, expose to, subject to (risk or danger)

   özünü riskə atmaq ― to put oneself at risk

   təhlükəyə atmaq ― to put at danger, jeopardize

10. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) to masturbate