atmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آتمق (atmak, “to cast, throw, eject, shoot, fire”), from Proto-Turkic *at-, *ạt- (“to throw, shoot”).

Cognate with Old Turkic (at-), Azerbaijani atmaq (“to shoot, throw”), Chuvash ывӑтма (yvătma, “to throw”), Kazakh ату (atu, “to shoot”), Kyrgyz атуу (atuu, “to shoot, fire”), Turkmen atmak (“to throw”), Tuvan адар (adar, “to shoot”), Uyghur ئاتماق (atmaq, “to throw, shoot”), Uzbek otmoq (“to shoot, eject”), Yakut ыт (ıt, “to shoot, fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑtˈmɑk/

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• Rhymes: -mɑk

Verb

atmak (third-person singular simple present atar)

1. (transitive) to throw, cast, fire

   Bana kartopu attılar. ― They threw a snowball at me.

2. (transitive) to throw away, discard
3. (transitive) abandon, give up
4. (transitive) to reject, expel
5. (transitive) to impute, throw (the blame) on
6. (intransitive) to lie, make up stories
7. (intransitive) to pulsate, beat

   Kazadan sonra kalbi Allah'tan atıyordu. ― Thank God, heart was beating after the crash.

8. (used with adım) to step

   İçeri adım attı. ― He/she stepped inside.

9. (used with imza, tarih) to sign (one's signature, the date)

   Kağıda imza attı. ― He/she signed the paper.

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Derived terms

See also

• bırakmak

References