əymək

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *eg- (to bend).[1] Cognate with Turkish eğmek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [æjˈmæk]
  • Hyphenation: əy‧mək
  • (file)

Verb

əymək (transitive)

  1. to bend, to curve, crook, bow, tilt
    Synonyms: bükmək, qatlamaq
  2. (figurative) to convince to do something
  3. (figurative) to distort
    Synonym: təhrif etmək
  4. (figurative) to spoil, to ruin
    Synonyms: korlamaq, pozmaq

Conjugation

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Further reading

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