ağırlamak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغرلمق (ağırlamak, “to treat with marks of respect, to become heavy”),[1] from Proto-Turkic *iagïrla- (“to honor, to serve”), from Proto-Turkic *iagïr- (“heavy”),[2][3] equivalent to ağır +‎ -la +‎ -mak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːɯɾ.ɫaˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ğır‧la‧mak

Verb

ağırlamak (third-person singular simple present ağırlar)

  1. (transitive) To provide a guest with comfort and to show them respect; to host, to entertain, to show hospitality towards.
    Synonyms: ikram etmek, misafir etmek, izaz etmek

Conjugation

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آغرلمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 149
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*iagɨr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ağırla-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • “ağırlamak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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