çitlemek

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃit.leˈmec/
Hyphenation: çit‧le‧mek

Etymology 1

From çit (“fence”) +‎ -le.

Verb

çitlemek (third-person singular simple present çitler)

to fence off
Synonym: çitle çevirmek

Etymology 2

From çit (“crack”) +‎ -le.

Verb

çitlemek (third-person singular simple present çitler)

(transitive) to eat unshelled seeds, mainly sunflower seeds

Further reading

çitlemek in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çitlemek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 976

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