asılmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آصلمق (aṣılmaḳ, to be hung, to be suspended, to hang, to cling)[1], from Ottoman Turkish آصمق (aṣmaḳ, to hang up, to suspend), from Proto-Turkic *as- (to hang)[2][3], morphologically as- + -ıl- + -mak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.sɯɫˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: a‧sıl‧mak

Verb

asılmak (third-person singular simple present asılır)

  1. passive of asmak
  2. (intransitive, with dative) To hang down by holding on to something.
    Synonyms: sarkmak, sallanmak
  3. (intransitive, with dative) To pull something hard.
    Synonym: çekmek
  4. (intransitive) To be executed by hanging.
    Synonyms: idam edilmek, sallandırılmak
  5. (intransitive, with dative, figuratively) To persistently ask for something so as to make the person uneasy; to importune someone.
  6. (intransitive, with dative, figuratively) To exert oneself, to give one's all.
  7. (intransitive, with dative, slang) To make unwanted sexual advances in an irritating way.
    Synonyms: sarkmak, sulanmak, yürümek, yazmak, yeşillenmek

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • yakasına asılmak
  • yüzü asılmak

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), آصلمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 130
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *as-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), as-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • asılmak in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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