çalmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic чалмаг
Perso-Arabic چالماق‎

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɑɫˈmɑχ], [t͡sɑɫˈmɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: çal‧maq

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *čal-.

Verb

çalmaq (transitive)

  1. to play (a musical instrument)
    tar çalmaq ― to play tar
    melodiya çalmaq ― to play a tune
  2. to hit
  3. to knock
  4. to scythe
    ot çalmaq ― to scythe grass
  5. (of vermin, snakes, scorpions) to bite
  6. to mix (food)
  7. (slang, figurative, vulgar) to perform cunnilingus or fellatio
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly same as above; however, considering the color-related sense, perhaps rather from Common Turkic *čāl (“grey”).

Verb

çalmaq (intransitive)

  1. to be shot (with a colour) [+dative]
  2. to look like, to look similar to [+dative]
  3. to smell like or taste of

Conjugation

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Verb

çalmaq

  1. to scythe

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
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