söykəmək

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *söye- (“to prop, lean, support”). Cognate wthh Chuvash сӗвен (sĕven, “to stick to, cling to”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sœjkæˈmæk], [sœjkæˈmæj]
• Hyphenation: söy‧kə‧mək

Verb

söykəmək

1. (ditransitive) to put (to), to set (against, to), rest (against)

   taxtanı divara söykəmək ― to put/rest a plank against the wall

   belini stula söykəmək ― to lean one's back against the chair

   Synonyms: dayamaq, dirəmək

Derived terms

• söykənmək (“to lean”, intransitive)