avlamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آولامق‎ (avlamak, “to hunt, to deceive, to dupe”)[1], from آو‎ (av, “the chase, hunting of any kind, game, prey”), from Proto-Turkic *āb (“the act of hunting or that which is hunted”)[2], equivalent to av (“hunt, prey”) +‎ -la- (verb forming suffix) +‎ -mak. Cognates with Azerbaijani ovlamaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aβ.ɫaˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: av‧la‧mak

Verb

avlamak (third-person singular simple present avlar)

  1. (transitive) To hunt, to prey on, to capture a prey dead or alive.
    Avcılar, yasak olmasına rağmen nesli tehlikede olan hayvanı avladılar. ― Hunters hunted the endangered animal even though it was illegal.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To deceive, to dupe, to bamboozle.

Conjugation

  • avcı (“hunter”)
  • av (“hunt, prey”)

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آولامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 265
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “av”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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