defolmak

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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.

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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 (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 612
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “def¹”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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