çökmək

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čök- (“to kneel down; to sink; to sit”). Cognate with Turkish çökmek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃœcˈmæc], [t͡sœcˈmæt͡ʃ], [-æç], [-æh], [-æj]
  • Hyphenation: çök‧mək
  • (file)

Verb

çökmək (intransitive)

  1. come down, descend
    • 2017 August 28, Moderator.az‎, archived from the original on 30 July 2019:
      Çimərliyə gözlənilmədən zəhərli duman çökdü.
      A poisonous fog suddenly came down over the beach.
  2. collapse
    Synonym: dağılmaq
    • 2012 February 20, Xəzər Xəbər‎:
      Bina çöküb, 4 nəfər dağıntılar altında qaldı.
      A building collapsed, four people remain under the wreckage.
  3. (figurative) crumble, fall apart, disintegrate
    • 2021 April 16, Pravda.az‎:
      [...] iri ranqlı məmur vəzifəsindən uzaqlaşdırılan kimi, əksər hallarda onun biznesi də çökməyə başlayır.
      [...] as soon as a high-ranking official is removed from his position, in most cases his business begins to fall apart, too.
  4. fall (on knees etc.)
    diz çökmək ― to kneel, to fall on knees
  5. sink (onto the chair etc.)
    oturacağa çökmək ― to sink onto the chair

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • çökdürmə
  • çökdürmək
  • çökdürücü
  • çökək
  • çökəklik
  • çökəlik
  • çökəlmə
  • çökəlmək
  • çökmə
  • çökük
  • çöküklük
  • çöküntü
  • çöküş

Further reading

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