bayılmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بایلمق‎ (bayılmak, “to faint; swoon away, to be excessively delighted”), passive of Proto-Turkic *bańï- (“to fade away, disappear, weaken”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑjɯɫˈmɑk/

Verb

bayılmak (third-person singular simple present bayılır)

  1. (intransitive) to faint, pass out
  2. (intransitive, + dative case) to be thrilled (with), be enraptured (by), like greatly
    Çikolataya bayılırım. ― I like chocolate so much.
  3. (transitive, slang) to pay (money)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • baymak (informal) TV programı baydı. ― TV program sucks.
  • bayılma
  • bayılış
  • bayılınmak
  • bayıltmak
  • bayılmamak
  • bayılamamak
  • bayılabilmek
  • imambayıldı
  • mayışmak

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*maja”
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