atmaq

Azerbaijani

FWOTD – 11 July 2018
Other scripts
Cyrillic атмаг
Abjad آتماق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ạt- (“to throw, shoot”).[1] Cognate with Turkish atmak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑtˈmɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: at‧maq
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Verb

atmaq

  1. (ditransitive) to throw
    Synonyms: tərk etmək, tərgitmək
    ilk daşı atmaq ― to throw the first stone
    qırağa atmaq ― to throw off, to cast away, to cast aside
    zibil atmaq ― to throw garbage
    Sizdən kim günahsızdırsa, qadına birinci daş atsın. (Yəhya 8:7)
    Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. (John 8:32)
    (literally, “May whoever of you, that is without sin, throw the first stone at the woman”)
  2. (transitive) to quit doing something
    siqareti atmaq; siqaret çəkməyi atmaq ― to quit smoking
  3. (ditransitive) to put
    Synonym: güllə atmaq (“to shoot”)
    əlini cibinə atmaq ― to put a hand into the pocket
  4. (transitive or intransitive) to shoot, shell [+dative = at]
    Onlar bizə atırlar, biz də onlara. ― They shoot at us, and we at them.
    • 2014 May 23, “Nazirlik Füzulidəki atışmanın təfərrüatını açıqladı”, in Axar.az‎, retrieved January 28, 2014:
      Vəliyəd İsmayılovun sözlərinə görə, hər gün atırlar.
      According to Vəliyəd İsmayılov, they shoot every day.
  5. (transitive) to launch (a missile, etc)
    raket atmaq ― to launch a missile
  6. (transitive) to abandon, to ditch
    • 2014 January 28, “Bakıda çoxlarının tanıdığı dilənçi qoca: "Halal pul budur, bala"”, in Milli.az‎:
      Elə türməyə düşən kimi ailəm də məni atdı.
      As soon as I ended up in jail, my family abandoned me
  7. (transitive, colloquial) to fool, swindle, defraud
    Synonym: fırıldaq gəlmək
    • 2009 October 11, Устаман, “Хәјанәт Ҝеҹәси”, in Bakıllılar.az‎, retrieved January 17, 2018:
      О мал ҝәтирән адамлар кимдиләр ки, елә? Ҝәлсәнә онлары “атаг”!
      O mal gətirən adamlar kimdilər ki, elə? Gəlsənə onları "ataq"!
      Who are those people bringing goods, anyway? We should "swindle" (lit. 'ditch') them!
    • 2011 July, Xural‎, volume 9, number 29:
      Heç kimə sirr deyil ki, Azərbaycanda yaşayan hər on nəfərdən 2-si mənalı atanşik, 5-i mənasız atanşik, 2-si isə potensial atanşikdir. Yerdə qalan 1-i isə özü-özünə atanları təmsil edir.
      It is no secret that out of every ten people living in Azerbaijan, 2 are meaningful scammers, 5 are meaningless scammers, and 2 are potential scammers. The remaining one represents those who defraud themselves.
  8. (ditransitive) to pass the buck, to give the blame to someone [+dative] or [+ (object) üstünə = to]
    Bütün günahları onun üstünə atmaq istəyirlər.
    They want to give him the blame for everything.
    (literally, “They want to throw all sins on him.”)
    • 2017 September 6, İnarə Rafiqqızı, Virtualaz.org‎, retrieved January 22, 2018:
      O qətli törədib, mənim üstümə atmaq istədi
      S/he committed the murder, and wanted to pass the buck to me.
  9. (ditransitive) to put at, expose to, subject to (risk or danger)
    özünü riskə atmaq ― to put oneself at risk
    təhlükəyə atmaq ― to put at danger, jeopardize
  10. (slang, vulgar) to masturbate

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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

Further reading

  • “atmaq” in Obastan.com.
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