pot kırmak

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Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پوت قیرمق (pot ḳırmaḳ, to fold in plaits, to blurt out an unwelcome and untimely speech),[1][2] equivalent to compound of pot (a wrinkle or crease due to faulty stitching; a blunder) +‎ kırmak (to break, to fold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpot.kɯɾ.mak/
  • Hyphenation: pot‧kır‧mak

Verb

pot kırmak (third-person singular simple present pot kırar)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To put one's foot in one's mouth, to make a gaffe, to blunder.
    Synonyms: gaf yapmak, çam devirmek, baltayı taşa vurmak

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پوت قیرمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 455
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پوت قیرمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 325

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