sıkmak
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صیقمق, from Proto-Turkic *sïk-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sıkmak (third-person singular simple present sıkar)
- to squeeze
- Yalnız kalan kadın titriyor, hıçkırarak kucağındaki yavrusunu sıkıyor.
- The lonely woman is shaking, sobbing and squeezing her baby in her arms.
- to shoot with a gun
- to irritate, to annoy, to bother
- to bore
- (slang) to lie, to make up
Usage notes
[edit]This word should not be confused with similar, vulgar word sikmek.
Conjugation
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sıkmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu