Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish صاللامق (ṣallamaḳ, to swing or rock to and fro, to mind, to pay attention),[1] from Ottoman Turkish صالمق (ṣalmaḳ, to let go, to free, to let hang down, to send), from Proto-Turkic *sal- (to swing, to let hang down, to let go, to spare, to set free, to drop, to lower).[2][3] Cognates with Azerbaijani sallamaq.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saɫ.ɫaˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: sal‧la‧mak

Verb

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sallamak (third-person singular simple present sallar)

  1. (transitive) To move regularly in the same direction; to swing, to rock, to shake.
  2. (transitive) To jerk, to jolt.
    Synonym: sarsmak
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To make up, to think up, to fabricate, to take a stab in the dark.
    Synonyms: uydurmak, kafadan atmak, tahmin etmek
  4. (transitive, slang) To constantly postpone a task or responsibility; to buy time, to drag one's feet, to procrastinate
    Synonyms: savsaklamak, ertelemek

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صاللامق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1161
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “salla-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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