durmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		дурмаг
Abjad		دورماق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dur- (“to stand”) Cognate with Turkish durmak, Turkmen durmak, Crimean Tatar turmak, Uzbek turmoq, Uyghur تۇرماق (turmaq), Kazakh тұру (tūru), Tatar turu, Chuvash тӑр (tăr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [durˈmɑχ]
• Hyphenation: dur‧maq

Verb

durmaq

1. (intransitive) to stand

   Bütün günü ayaq üstə durmuşam, çox yorğunam ― I've been standing up all day, I'm very tired.

   Növbədə durmaq ― To stand in the queue

   Synonym: dayanmaq

2. (intransitive) to stand up, get up

   Səhər tezdən durmaq. ― To get up early in the morning.

   Avtobusa minəndə cavanlar durub mənə yer verirlər, deyəsən qocalmışam.

   When I get onto the bus, young people stand up and give up their seats to me, it seems I've become old.

   Synonym: qalxmaq

3. (intransitive) to stop, halt
   • 1959, Anar, Hekayə‎^[[1]]:

     Trolleybus gəlib dayanacağında durdu.

     The trolley bus arrived to the stop and halted'.

   Synonym: dayanmaq

4. (intransitive) to wait
5. (intransitive) to be still

   Synonym: tərpənməmək

6. (intransitive, vulgar) to become erect

Derived terms

• duruş (“stance”)
• durğun (“still, tranquil”)
• durum (“standing point”)