ayıklamak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آیرتلمق‎ (ayırtlamaḳ, “to make or show a difference or preference for, to select, to clear of refuse”)[1], from Proto-Turkic *adïrtla- (“to differentiate, to separate”)[2], from Proto-Turkic *adïrt (“difference, separation”), from Proto-Turkic *adïr- (“to separate”)[3][4], equivalent to ayı(k)- +‎ -la +‎ -mak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.jɯk.laˈmac/
  • Hyphenation: a‧yık‧la‧mak

Verb

ayıklamak (third-person singular simple present ayıklar)

  1. (transitive) To separate and remove unwanted things from inside another thing; to sift, to filter, to winnow.
    Synonyms: elemek, elekten geçirmek
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To remove people unwanted or deemed unnecessary; to weed out.

Conjugation

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آیرتلمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 293
  2. Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “adırtlamak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 116
  3. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*adɨ-r-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ayıkla-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • ayıklamak in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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