sallanmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صاللانمق‎ (ṣallanmaḳ, “intransitive; to swing, to oscillate, to falter”)[1], from Ottoman Turkish صاللامق‎ (ṣallamaḳ, “to swing or rock to and fro, to mind, to pay attention”), from Ottoman Turkish صالمق‎ (ṣalmaḳ, “to let go, to free, to let hang down, to send”), from Proto-Turkic *sal- (“to swing, to let hang down, to let go, to spare, to set free”)[2], morphologically sal- +‎ -la- +‎ -n- (“passive and reflexive suffix”) +‎ -mak. Cognates with Azerbaijani sallanmaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɫ.ɫanˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: sal‧lan‧mak

Verb

sallanmak (third-person singular simple present sallanır)

  1. (intransitive) For something to move regularly back and forth while suspended or on an axis; to swing, to oscillate, to sway.
  2. (intransitive) To become loose at its place and stir; to wobble, to jiggle.
    Synonyms: kımıldamak, oynamak, ırgalanmak
  3. (transitive) To swing oneself on a swing or a hammock etc.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) To waste one's time on pointless things; to loiter, to idle around, to dillydally.
    Synonyms: oyalanmak, savsaklanmak, vakit öldürmek, aylaklık etmek, sürtmek

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صاللانمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1161
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “salla-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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