kəsmək

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic кәсмәк
Abjad کسمک

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kes- (to cut).[1] Cognate with Karakhanid کـَسْماكْ (kesmēk, to cut), Turkish kesmek etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): , ,
  • (Tabriz) IPA(key): [2]
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  • Hyphenation: kəs‧mək

Verb

kəsmək

  1. (transitive) to cut[3]
    Synonym: doğramaq (to chop)
    meşədə ağac kəsmək.To cut trees in the forest.
    Bərbər saç kəsir.A barber cuts hair.[usage 1]
  2. (transitive) to slaughter
    qoyun kəsmək.to slaughter a lamb.
    qurban kəsmək.to make an animal sacrifise.
  3. (transitive) to block, cut off (a way etc.)
    Oğlan müəllimin qabağını kəsdi və ona otaqdan çıxmaqa yol vermədi.
    The boy blocked the teacher's way and didn't let him leave the room.
    Onlar işıq pulunu verə bilməyiblər və işıqlarını kəsiblər
    They couldn't pay the electricity bill and their electricity was cut off.
  4. (transitive) to interrupt (mostly with söz (word))
    Atanın sözünü kəsmə!
    Don't interrupt your father!
    (literally, “Don't cut off your father's word”)
  5. (transitive, law) to sentence, to return a verdict (mostly with hökm (verdict))
    Synonyms: hökm etmək, hökm vermək, iş vermək
    Məhkəmə oğruya üç il hökm kəsib.
    The court sentenced the thief to three years.
  6. to mint, to coin, to issue (money)
    Hanı məndə bu qədər pul, mən pul kəsmirəm!
    Where would I get this much money, I'm not made of maney!
    (literally, “I don't issue money!”)
  7. Only used in ağlı kəsməmək (to (not) understand, (not) get it, (not) comprehend)

Usage notes

  1. ^ kəsmək is only used if the person is cutting the hair himself/herself. In sentences like 'I will cut my hair tomorrow' and alike, where what is meant is that the person is going to get a haircut by a hairdresser, the verb form with the causative suffix -dir, kəsdirmək, is used instead

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References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kes-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Haneda, Koichi (2009—2010) “kəsmək”, in لغات لهجه‌ی تبریز [Vocabulary of Tabrizi Dialect] (in Persian), Tabriz: یاران, →ISBN, page 90
  3. ^ Əzizbəyov X. Ə. (1965) “кәсмәк”, in Азәрбајҹанҹа-русҹа лүғәт [Azerbaijani-Russian Dictionary], Baku: Azərbaycan Dövlət Nəşriyyatı, page 208

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic کَسمَک

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kes- (to cut).

Pronunciation

Verb

kəsmək (third-person singular aorist kəsər, second person singular imperative kəsi)

  1. to cut

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