pozmaq

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *buŕ-, *boŕ- (“to damage, destroy”). Cognate with Turkish bozmak, Chuvash пӑс (păs, “break, destroy”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pozˈmɑχ]
• Hyphenation: poz‧maq.

Verb

pozmaq

1. (transitive) to erase (to remove what is written)

   yazıb pozmaq ― to write and to erase

2. (transitive) to break (to violate, to not adhere to)

   qanunu pozmaq ― to break the law

   vədini pozmaq ― to break the promise

3. (transitive) to break (to interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate)

   sükutu pozmaq ― to break the silence

   orucunu pozmaq ― to break the sawm

4. (transitive) to disturb (to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.)

   rahatlığını pozmaq ― to disturb someone's comfort

   əhvalını pozmaq ― to disturb someones's good mood, to upset someone

5. to disorder, to disturb, to unsettle, disrupt

   bütün planları pozmaq ― to disrupt all plans

6. to spoil, to ruin (to cause impairment of)

   sağlamlığı pozmaq ― to ruin the health

7. to spoil (to ruin the character by overindulgence)
8. to spoil (to debauch, to corrupt, to pervert, sometimes with sexual connotations)
9. to dissolve, to annul

   nikahı pozmaq ― to dissolve the marriage

Derived terms

• pozuq (“erased; perverted”)
• pozğun (“disorganized; perverted”)
  • pozğunluq (“disorder; debauchery, pervertededness”)