yaxalamaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic јахаламаг
Abjad یاخالاماق

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɑχɑɫɑˈmɑχ]
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  • Hyphenation: ya‧xa‧la‧maq

Etymology 1

From yaxa (“collar”) +‎ -la. Literally, “to grab by the collar”.

Verb

yaxalamaq (transitive)

  1. to catch, arrest, take hold of
    Synonym: tutmaq

Etymology 2

From the earlier prevalent but now chiefly dialectal yayxalamaq, from yayxa- +‎ -ala, for which comapre Ottoman Turkish یایقامق (yayqamaq) and modern Turkish yıkamak. Ultimately from Common Turkic *yāy- (“to shake”), and its older form *yāń-.[1]

Related to yayxanmaq.

Verb

yaxalamaq (transitive)

  1. to rinse
See also

Conjugation

References

  1. Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 78

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