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Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *atā- (“to give name, to make a promise, to affiance, to beckon”), which was derived from Proto-Turkic *āt (“name”) combined with the suffix Proto-Turkic *-(g)A. Doublet of atamak.
Pronunciation
Verb
adamak (third-person singular simple present adar)
- (transitive) To intend or to vow to make an offering or an oblation to a power that is believed to be sacred for the purpose of making a wish come true.
- Synonym: nezretmek
- (transitive)(figurative) To sacrifice something or oneself for something one holds valuable; to dedicate, to devote.
- Bütün hayatını oğluna adadı. ― She devoted her whole life to her son.
- (transitive)(figurative) To be intensely occupied with something, to devote oneself to something.
- kendini işine adamak ― to devote oneself to one's work
- (transitive)(figurative) To address a literary or musical work to someone as a sign of respect or affection; to dedicate.
- Synonyms: ithaf etmek, armağan etmek
- (transitive)(figurative) To allocate, to reserve, to earmark something for particular purpose.
- Synonym: tahsis etmek
Conjugation
1 The suffixes -ken and -cesine may be suffixed to the base form of any of the following tenses: aorist, continuous, inferential (even when it follows another suffix), and future.
References
Further reading
- “adamak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu