sallanmak
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish صاللانمق (ṣallanmaḳ, “intransitive; to swing, to oscillate, to falter”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish صاللامق (ṣallamaḳ, “to swing or rock to and fro, to mind, to pay attention”), 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”),[2] morphologically sal- + -le + -n (“passive and reflexive suffix”) + -mek. Cognates with Azerbaijani sallanmaq.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sallanmak (third-person singular simple present sallanır)
- (intransitive) For something to move regularly back and forth while suspended or on an axis; to swing, to oscillate, to sway.
- (intransitive) To become loose at its place and stir; to wobble, to jiggle.
- Synonyms: kımıldamak, oynamak, ırgalanmak
- (transitive) To swing oneself on a swing or a hammock etc.
- (transitive, figuratively) To waste one's time on pointless things; to loiter, to idle around, to dillydally.
- Synonyms: oyalanmak, savsaklanmak, vakit öldürmek, aylaklık etmek, sürtmek
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صاللانمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1161
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “salla-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “sallanmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sallanmak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
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- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
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- Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
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- Turkish terms suffixed with -le
- Turkish terms suffixed with -n
- Turkish terms suffixed with -mek
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- Turkish verbs
- Turkish intransitive verbs
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