avuçlamak
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آوجلامق. By surface analysis, avuç + -la. Cognate to Azerbaijani ovuclamaq, Turkmen owuçlamak.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]avuçlamak
- to grasp, to palm, to grab with the hand or the palm
- Synonyms: hapazlamak, apazlamak
- to take a handful of
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “avuçlamak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “avuçlamak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı