çalmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic чалмаг
Perso-Arabic چالماق

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɑɫˈmɑχ], [t͡sɑɫˈmɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: çal‧maq

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *čal-.

Verb

çalmaq (transitive)

  1. to play (a musical instrument)
    tar çalmaqto play tar
    melodiya çalmaqto play a tune
  2. to hit
  3. to knock
  4. to scythe
    ot çalmaqto scythe grass
  5. (of vermin, snakes, scorpions) to bite
  6. to mix (food)
  7. (slang, figurative, vulgar) to perform cunnilingus or fellatio
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly same as above; however, considering the color-related sense, perhaps rather from Common Turkic *čāl (grey).

Verb

çalmaq (intransitive)

  1. to be shot (with a colour) [+dative]
  2. to look like, to look similar to [+dative]
  3. to smell like or taste of

Conjugation

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Verb

çalmaq

  1. to scythe

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
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