oynamaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ојнамаг
Perso-Arabic اویناماق‎

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *oy- (“to play, to jump”),[1] whence also the derivation oyun (“play, game”). Cognate with Turkish oynamak, Turkmen oýnamak, Crimean Tatar oynamaq, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ojnɑˈmɑχ]
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  • Hyphenation: oy‧na‧maq

Verb

oynamaq

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to play[usage 1]
    futbol oynamaq ― to play football
    həyətdə oynamaq ― to play in the yard
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to dance
    İnşallah sənin toyunda oynayaq. ― God willing, we'll dance on your wedding.
    Mən bu rəqsi oynamaq istəmirəm. ― I don't want to dance this dance.
    Synonym: rəqs etmək
  3. (transitive, intransitive, drama) to act, to play a role, to have a part

Usage notes

  1. Note that oynamaq is not used in the sense 'to play a musical instrument', for which the word çalmaq is used instead.

Conjugation

References

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