sallamak
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish صاللامق (ṣallamaḳ, “to swing or rock to and fro, to mind, to pay attention”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish صالمق (ṣalmaḳ, “to let go, to free, to let hang down, to send”), from Proto-Turkic *sal- (“to swing, to let hang down, to let go, to spare, to set free, to drop, to lower”).[2][3] Cognates with Azerbaijani sallamaq.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sallamak (third-person singular simple present sallar)
- (transitive) To move regularly in the same direction; to swing, to rock, to shake.
- Arık, zayıf bir buzağı kuyruğunu sallayarak gidiyordu.
- A thin calf was walking around wagging its tail.
- (transitive) To jerk, to jolt.
- Synonym: sarsmak
- (transitive, figuratively) To make up, to think up, to fabricate, to take a stab in the dark.
- Synonyms: uydurmak, kafadan atmak, tahmin etmek
- (transitive, slang) To constantly postpone a task or responsibility; to buy time, to drag one's feet, to procrastinate
- Synonyms: savsaklamak, ertelemek
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صاللامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1161
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden; Cologne; New York: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “salla-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “sallamak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sallamak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı