defolmak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دفع اولمق (defʿ olmaḳ),[1][2] from Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ), equivalent to def (an act of pushing away, repelling, expelling) + olmak (to be, to become).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdef.oɫ.mak/
  • Hyphenation: def‧ol‧mak

Verb

defolmak (third-person singular simple present defolur)

  1. (intransitive) To back off, to go away, to beat it, to piss off.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دفع اولمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 575
  2. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “دفع اولمق”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 612
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “def¹”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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