boşa almak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوشه آلمق‎ (boşa almaḳ, “to suspend in the air”)[1], equivalent to compound of boş (“empty, hollow, vanity, futility, idleness”) +‎ -a (dative suffix) +‎ almak (“to take, to receive”), literally “to take into empty, idleness”[2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈʃa.aɫ.mak/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧şa‧al‧mak

Verb

boşa almak (third-person singular simple present boşa alır)

  1. (transitive) To suspend, to hang loose.
    Synonym: askıya almak
  2. (transitive, automotive) To put a vehicle in neutral gear, to put it out of gear.

Conjugation

  • boş bulunmak
  • boş oturmak
  • boşa çıkmak

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بوشه آلمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 401
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “boş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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